Rescue Excavations on the Brough of Birsay 1974-82

Contributions by J. Bond, A. M. Donaldson, G. McDonnell, T. J. Seller. Illustrations: R. Bayliss Mills, A. Chudecka, J. McKinley.
The Brough of Birsay (HY 239285) is a small tidal island approximately 21 hectares in area lying to the NW of Mainland Orkney. Excavations commenced in the summer of 1974 and, with the exception of the 1978 season, continued annually until 1982.