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Multi-periodSite Name: Berst Ness Alternative Name: BerstnessCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Island of Westray Nearest Village: Midbea
Map Ref: HY441418
Latitude: 59.259024N Longitude: 2.982099W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Ancient Settlement on the Isle of Westray, Orkney. At the south-western end of the island, on top of the headland at Berst Ness is an ancient settlement and what appears to be a Neolithic chambered tomb. The site was excavated in 2001, 2004 and again this summer.
According to Radio Orkney (via Wideford), Carbon 14 dates for burials have pushed back their age from what were previously thought to be Viking to Iron Age, 200BC-400AD. Many of them (mostly children) consisted of bagged bodies dropped vertically into spaces created by removing material from the structures' walls.
More on the 2001 digs at: http://www.orkneydigs.org.uk/westray/.
Note: "90 per cent of the known Iron Age remains found in Scotland to date", unearthed at Berst Ness, see comment
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