90% of Scotland's IA burials on Westray C14 dates for burials at the Knowe of Skea (HY44SW 2) on the edge of Berst Ness [HY44SW 3] push back the age of these from Viking to 200BCE-400ACE. Many of them (mostly children) consisted of bagged bodies dropped vertically into spaces created by removing material from the structures' walls. Article with photo on Sigurd's site http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/knoweskea2006.htm
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Posted by wideford
3rd August 2006ce
Edited 7th June 2007ce
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