Sands of Evie
The Sands of Evie is a sandy beach landform near the village of Evie on Mainland Orkney, Scotland, protected by the Point of Hellia headland .[1] This beach forms the southern boundary of Aikerness Bay, an element of Eynhallow Sound. Immediately to the east is Gurness, a rather well preserved Iron Age broch. According to C.Michael Hogan the Gurness Broch is of drystone construction and "the Iron Age round tower fort is flanked by a number of ancillary structures and impressive concentric ditch and rampart outer defences; moreover, the rocky shoreline cliffs posed a formidable approach for marine invaders".[2] A Pictish slab was discovered on the Sands of Evie.[3]
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References
- ↑ UK Ordnance Survey Map Landranger map, Orkney, 1:50,000 scale (2002)
- ↑ C.Michael Hogan, Gurness, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham, 2 December 2007
- ↑ Two New Pictish Symbol Stones from Orkney
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