ABCD: 1224

Brough of Birsay 74-82 Orkney (Mainland)

Site code:

1224

Site details:

Location: Brough of Birsay 74-82, Orkney (Mainland), 1986, Orkney, Scotland HY2390285
Period: early Christain-Norse
Category: settlement ?monastic
Notes: -
Topography: island coastal
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Donaldson A M. 1986. Carbonised seeds and grains. 216-9. In: Hunter J R. Rescue excavations on the Brough of Birsay 1974-82. Soc. Antiq. Scotland Monograph Series No. 4. Edinburgh. Scotland, Orkney

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AMD - Donaldson, A M: Durham Univ

Sample: 1224a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.MS	phase 1	features	?	early Christian/Norse	650	850
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: ? Archaeological interpretion: ?
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Atriplex hastata/patula pro c 2 1 Avena sp. pro c 9 1 Calluna vulgaris sht c + 1 cf. Cerastium arvense pro c 1 1 cf. Labiatae pro c 1 1 Chenopodium sp. pro c 1 1 Cyperaceae pro c 1 1 Empetrum nigrum pro c 4 1 Gramineae pro c 2 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c 1 1 Potentilla erecta pro c 1 1 Ranunculus flammula pro c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c 5 1 Stellaria media pro c 4 1 Urtica dioica pro c 1 1 Viola sp. pro c 1 1

Sample: 1224b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.MS	phase 2.1	features	?	norse	850	900
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: ? Archaeological interpretion: ?
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c 10 2 Calluna vulgaris lvs c 1 1 Carex sp. pro c 1 1 Empetrum nigrum pro c 1 1 Gramineae pro c 3 1 Montia fontana ssp. fontana pro c 1 1 Potentilla erecta pro c 1 1

Sample: 1224c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.AS	phase 2.2	features	?	norse/early med	900	1200
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: ? Archaeological interpretion: ?
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Spergula arvensis pro c 1 1 Stellaria media pro c 8 1 Atriplex hastata/patula pro c 1 1 Avena sp. pro c ! 148 4 Calluna vulgaris sht c + 1 Carex sp. pro c 1 1 Chenopodium sp. pro c 2 1 Empetrum nigrum pro c 2 1 Fucus sp. fgt c + 1 Hordeum cf. vulgare pro c 37 3 Hordeum cf. vulgare rai c 1 1 Montia fontana pro c 1 1 Montia fontana ssp. fontana pro c 15 2 Potentilla erecta pro c 2 1 Ranunculus acris pro c 1 1 Ranunculus cf. flammula pro c 1 1 Ranunculus flammula pro c 1 1 Raphanus raphanistrum pro c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c 9 1 Sagina sp. pro c 1 1

Sample: 1224d

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.AS	phase 3	features	?	medieval	1000	1100
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: coins Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: ? Archaeological interpretion: ?
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Atriplex hastata/patula pro c 1 1 Avena sp. pro c 18 2 Carex sp. pro c 5 1 Cirsium palustre pro c 1 1 Empetrum nigrum pro c 2 1 Gramineae pro c 16 2 Hordeum cf. vulgare pro c 5 1 Ranunculus flammula pro c 3 1 Rumex sp. pro c 8 1 Stellaria media pro c 3 1

Sample: 1224e

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD:PM	phase 4	features	?	?post-med	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: strat Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: ? Archaeological interpretion: kelping industry
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c 1 1 Fucus sp. fgt c + 1 Fucus vesiculosus pro c + 1 Hordeum sp. pro c 2 1 Rumex sp. pro c 1 1 Stellaria media pro c 3 1

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