Yinstay basement
The destroyed basement of Yinstay (also called Yensta) was located near the cliffs of Yinstay Bay, on the Tankerness peninsula , on the Orkney island of Mainland in Scotland . In the case of the basement, a basic distinction is made between "rock-cut", "earth-cut", "stone built" and "mixed" basements.
The basement was west of Yinstay Farm on the highest point, which is only surpassed by a 3.0 m high limestone pile.
The basement, which was partially excavated in 1909, can no longer be found. It has been described as an oval structure 6.45 m long, 2.1 m wide and 0.75 m high. The side walls of the (earth-cut) basement were partially cut out of the loamy sandstone and loam. Stone pillars supported a flat roof.
A raw stone tool was found inside the earth house. The chamber also contained fragments of deer antlers, sheep bones and teeth, oyster and mollusk shells, burnt wood, and fragments of fairly fine pottery.
See also
literature
- Anna Ritchie: Orkney and Shetland (= Exploring Scotland's Heritage. ). Published for Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland by HMSO, Edinburgh 1985, ISBN 0-11-492458-9 , No. 70.
Web links
- Entry on Yinstay's basement in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 58 ° 58 ′ 37.9 ″ N , 2 ° 51 ′ 22.6 ″ W.