Beorgs from Uyea
A Neolithic quarry on the Beorgs of Uyea (Beorg = old north mountain; also called Loch Mill ), in the North Roe area not far from Sandvoe on the tidal island of Uyea in the Shetlands in Scotland , is the source of axes , clubs and knives that were found on the islands of the archipelago . A gallery that may have been a Neolithic stone tool making workshop was found and examined by LG Scott in 1942 and visited by Charles ST Calder (1891–1972) in 1949.
The gallery was a chasm formed on one side by a quartz - feldspar - porphyry rock and built on the opposite side and at the ends of rubble . It was sunk like a basement and covered by falling stones , some of which were lost, including the original entrance.
The interior is about 3.0 m long, 0.7 to 1.1 m wide and 0.9 to 1.2 m high. An anvil stone , several hammer stones and core stones , which were given to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, lay over a 10 to 15 cm thick layer of chipping . The rock is unique in this area, but PR Ritchie and Stuart Piggott found in 1968 that the rock from the Beorgs of Uyea is not unique in Great Britain.
The hill on which the workshop is located has no vegetation and is very exposed to the weather. Other quarries and pitches as well as a small, unusually built Tomb passage (about 100 m away) are in the immediate vicinity.
See also
Web links
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- Entry on Uyea Beorgs in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Description and picture
- Scheduled Monument - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Coordinates: 60 ° 35 ′ 34.8 " N , 1 ° 24 ′ 11" W.