Thursday, August 05, 2010
Good to see on page 7 of this week's "The Orcadian" the continued excavation of a 10-12th century longhouse near the Bay of Skaill described simply as that. Having been covered over in the mediaeval period there is no way that this can have been the Castle of Snusgar still seen near the coast several centuries later. The head of land opposite the modern parish kirk might have been the castle (snusgar means a snout of projecting land) and the Knowe of Verron complex is also a good candidate, but my preference is still for the traditional Linnahowe site by Lenahowe(partly built with materials from the mound).
Labels: Castle of Snusgar, Lenahowe, Linnahowe, Snusgar
