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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Newark (Orkney)
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Town: Kirkwall  Nearest Village: Deerness
Map Ref: HY57460413
Latitude: 58.922323N  Longitude: 2.740496W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Newark (Orkney)
Newark (Orkney) submitted by howar : Segment of souterrain passage through chapel area (Vote or comment on this photo)
Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in Orkney

Mainly known as the site of the 16th century Neu Wark of Deerness and a Norse chapel dated to the 10th, but there were two souterrains found beneath the latter. Apart from the synopsis for RCAHMS NMRS record no. HY50SE 3 there is next to nothing published. The best source covers only the first two years, but includes dig diaries with plans for 1969-70 by two ex-diggers [http://www.hopkinsweb.org.uk/orkney/index.htm].
There the published souterrain (London Institute of London bulletin 44, which I haven't found) appears as a tunnel that ended up in a chamber, with a skeleton on a ?platform, at about the fifty foot mark i.e. far beyond the chapel itself. The NMRS has it is 10m and described as lying E/W, though the long curving passage is nearer N/S where it exited at the cliff. Looking at a 1969 plan I think the other earth-house is a pillared one like Yinstay, shown as a patch of "bare earth with irregular stones."
The chapel survives to several courses as the larger of the structures between the present steading and the sea, and the souterrain is open (though partly filled with stones) at the western side of the interior. Its course starts at the back and slews across at a slight angle to the chapel wall. I was unable to see where it comes out the cliff despite knowing the position.
Photos of the entire site, with a goodly portion of the cliff face either side of the main remains, can be found at http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/circlesettler/photos. Unfortunately without end of excavation plans I am unable to put names to most features.

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Newark (Orkney)
Newark (Orkney) submitted by howar : extreme L is souterrain coming in under north-west corner of chapel (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Newark (Orkney) by howar on Thursday, 31 March 2011
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Webpage now including photos and ground-plans of chamber and chapel, further notes in preparation
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