Site Event/Activity record EWE138 - Machair Bharabhais excavation

Location

Location Machair Bharabhais
Grid reference NB 34991 51752 (point)
Map sheet NB35SW
Island Lewis
Parish BARVAS, Western Isles

Technique(s)

Organisation

MacLeod Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

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Description

Rescue excavation of an eroding cemetery on Barvas Machair, Isle of Lewis, revealed a number of cremations and a cist inhumation, dated by associated finds to the iron Age/Middle Iron Age

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Council for Scottish Archaeology. 2000. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. New Series, Volume 1.
  • --- Article in serial: 2010. Machair Bharabhais: A Landscape through Time.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Machair Bharabhais (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2019 4:18PM

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