Condition

6
Coastal exposure: ?human bone
Early Medieval, Medieval
3504
Orkney

Description

A coastal exposure contains articulated bone, which may be derived from a human burial. The bone lies beneath 0.33m of turf, topsoil and subsoil and over 0.2m of stony soil over till. There are no clear indications of a cut. The exposed bones include six vertebrae and part of a long bone, either a femur or a humerus. The skeleton extends over a distance of 0.48m and is aligned east-west. It is possible that the remains may be associated with a church site and that this may be the same site as was previously recorded at Chapel Head (SY130/HY64SE13).

Location

365410.00
1041420.00
27700
59.2578964
-2.6083457

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