Unit 7 - High Status Sites
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
Where was the first bishopric in the earldom of Orkney?
- Brough of Birsay
- Buckquoy
- Birsay
- Kirkwall
- Rousay Island
Which steatite objects from the Brough of Birsay indicate high status activity?
- jewellery
- combs
- crucibles
- ingot moulds
- spindle whorls
Which building at Skaill would be seen as a Viking introduction?
- smithy
- bath-house
- barn
- fort
- corn drier
What were the attractions for the Vikings of the site at Cunningsburgh?
- steatite deposits
- water supply
- port
- high status Pictish site
- monastery
What name was later applied to primary estates on the Western Isles?
- villages
- ounceland
- township
- lordship
- region