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<< Our Photo Pages >> Quoyelsh - Ancient Village or Settlement in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Sunday, 15 August 2010  Page Views: 3598

Multi-periodSite Name: Quoyelsh Alternative Name: Point of Quoyelsh
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Stromness
Map Ref: HY265089
Latitude: 58.960954N  Longitude: 3.279621W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
3 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
5

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Quoyelsh
Quoyelsh submitted by howar : Cliff section from near Point of Quoyelsh end (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Orkney
This site can be found either by coming round the shore from Copland's Dock or by taking the track from Garson Farm to the Bay of Navershaw and turning right.

In the 1930's Marwick spotted settlement remains at the Point of Quoyelsh. During visits in 1989-1990 D.Lynn and B.Bell found pottery and stone finds there, with a body sherd giving the site a date likely to be no later than the Iron Age, and found the surviving corner of a (?domestic) structure (RCAHMS NMRS record no.HY20NE 73 ). Dave describes the site as about two-thirds of the way up a cliff section below a slight surface rise, adding that there is also grassed mound set back from the cliff edge nearby. From my photos he believes that the deeper masonry [closeup 1] is new and suggests better survival than originally thought. Along the southern side of the Point itself there may be other archaeological traces [I only noticed the section in the original larger image properly later].
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Quoyelsh
Quoyelsh submitted by howar : cliff section (Vote or comment on this photo)

Quoyelsh
Quoyelsh submitted by howar : Possible mound on the point. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Quoyelsh
Quoyelsh submitted by howar : Marwick's structure before me all the time (check out bottom right) - could be mediaeval like Head of Houton carved stone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Quoyelsh
Quoyelsh submitted by howar : closeup 1 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Quoyelsh submitted by howar : closeups 2-3 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Quoyelsh submitted by howar : closeup 2

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Quoyelsh submitted by howar : closeup 3

Quoyelsh
Quoyelsh submitted by howar : A couple of feet of ?archaeology exposed along the Point of Quoyelsh

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Re: Quoyelsh by howar on Saturday, 06 October 2012
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video of site in cliff http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=442152775836422 Point of Quoyelsh geology (Lower Stromness Flagstone, where the site is, and breccia with felsite intrusion) http://www.orkneylive.com/videos/view/_3150
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Re: Quoyelsh by howar on Wednesday, 18 August 2010
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Marwick speaks of a wave-lashed structure of square stones on the Point of Qu'elsh [sic].
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