Site Event/Activity record EWE12 - Excavation of a Kerb Cairn near Calanais

Location

Location
Grid reference NB 21796 34738 (point)
Map sheet NB23SW
Island Lewis
Township Calanais, Uig, Western Isles
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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Centre for Field Archaeology

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Not recorded.

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Description

Rescue excavation of a multi-phase kerb cairn and underlying structures in advance of road improvements. The work was commissioned and funded by Historic Scotland, and was continued by Margaret and Ron Curtis after CFA left. Cairn reconstructed in March 1999 by Margaret and Ron Curtis, sponsored by An t-Seana Bheinn Trust (Urras nan Tursachan), Curtis, M R and Curtis, R G 1999, 94

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Unpublished document: Tim Neighbour. 1998. Excavation of a Kerb Cairn near Calanais, Isle of Lewis: Revised Data Structure Report.
  • --- Unpublished document: G. Warren & T. Neighbour. 2001. Quality Quartz: working stone at Breasclete kerb cairn. Lewis.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Council for Scottish Archaeology. 1999. Discovery and Excavation iin Scotland.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • OLCOTE, BREASCLETE PARK, CALLANISH (Monument)

Record last edited

Sep 20 1999 12:00AM

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