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Sanday, Orkney Northern Islands, Orkney Islands, Scotland, British Isles

Sanday, Orkney Northern Islands is in Orkney Northern Islands.

Lopness, Sanday, Orkney Northern Islands, Orkney Islands, Scotland, British Isles

In 1722 John Elphinstone was born at Lopness, Sanday.

Pool, Sanday, Orkney Northern Islands, Orkney Islands, Scotland, British Isles

Carbon Date. 2460BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal:-

ID: 6371, C14 ID: OxA-946 Date BP: 4460 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4390, End BP: 4530

Abstract: Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland

Archaeologist Name: Hunter

Reference Name: Archaeometry 29(1), 1987, 125-155

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Carbon Date. 2450BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal:-

ID: 6376, C14 ID: OxA-960 Date BP: 4450 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4380, End BP: 4520

Abstract: Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland

Archaeologist Name: Hunter

Reference Name: Archaeometry 29(1), 1987, 125-155

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Carbon Date. 2360BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal:-

ID: 6372, C14 ID: OxA-947 Date BP: 4360 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 4280, End BP: 4440

Abstract: Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland

Archaeologist Name: Hunter

Reference Name: Archaeometry 29(1), 1987, 125-155

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Carbon Date. 2300BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal:several

ID: 6375, C14 ID: OxA-959 Date BP: 4300 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4230, End BP: 4370

Abstract: Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland

Archaeologist Name: Hunter

Reference Name: Archaeometry 29(1), 1987, 125-155

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Carbon Date. 730. Early Medieval

Report: Seeds, id as flax (Linum usitatissimum), from Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland.

ID: 1589, C14 ID: GU-1810 Date BP: 1270 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 1220, End BP: 1320

Abstract: Multi-period settlement

Archaeologist Name: J R Hunter

Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scotl, 117, 1987, 175-81

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Carbon Date. 840. Early Medieval

Report: Seeds, id as flax (Linum usitatissimum), from Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland.

ID: 1590, C14 ID: GU-2006 Date BP: 1160 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 1110, End BP: 1210

Abstract: Multi-period settlement

Archaeologist Name: J R Hunter

Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scotl, 117, 1987, 175-81

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Carbon Date. 1025. Late Medieval

Report: Seeds, id as flax (Linum usitatissimum), from Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland.

ID: 1588, C14 ID: GU-1806 Date BP: 975 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 925, End BP: 1025

Abstract: Multi-period settlement

Archaeologist Name: J R Hunter

Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scotl, 117, 1987, 175-81

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

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Quoyness, Sanday, Orkney Northern Islands, Orkney Islands, Scotland, British Isles