Canmore Site 10056: NORTH UIST, VALLAY, CATTLEFOLD - NORTH UIST - SETTLEMENT (PERIOD UNASSIGNED)


Description

Site NameNORTH UIST, VALLAY, CATTLEFOLD
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNF77NE 7
Broad ClassDOMESTIC
Site Type(s)SETTLEMENT (PERIOD UNASSIGNED)
NGRNF 77 76
Local AuthorityWESTERN ISLES
ParishNORTH UIST
Record created1988-03-14
Last updated2002-05-20

Archaeology Notes

NF77NE 7 c. 77 76. Near the south shore of vallay there is a large cattle-fold where drifting sand occasionally reveals slight traces of at least three buildings, together with layers of peat ashes and kitchen-midden remains. The finds include a fine bone weaving-comb and bone pins, needles and borers, and pointed tines and antlers, bronze pins, needle and brooch fastening, Viking-type iron rivets and lumps of slag, hammerstones, whorls and pottery fragments. (E Beveridge 1911) Finds in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS). E Beveridge 1911; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1912; 1922; 1930; 1931; 1934; 1935 This site could not be located. Visited by OS (J T T) 22 June 1965.

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