Sands of Evie

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The Sands of Evie is a sandy beach landform protected by the Point of Hellia headland on Mainland Orkney, Scotland.[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 an formidable approach for marine invaders".[2] A Pictish slab was discovered on the Sands of Evie.[3]

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  1. ^ UK Ordnance Survey Map Landranger map, Orkney, 1:50,000 scale {2002)
  2. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Gurness, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham, 02 December 2007 [1]
  3. ^ Two New Pictish Symbol Stones from Orkney


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