Site Event/Activity record EWE240 - Excavation and survey at Loch Bhorgastail, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides

Location

Location Isle of Lewis
Grid reference NB 2114 4095 (point)
Map sheet NB24SW
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

Technique(s)

Organisation

University of Reading

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Description

Universities of Reading / Southampton - Investigation of insitu layers of the crannog both terrestrial & submeged. Sample results indicate a Bronze Age date for the crannogs stone layers, with a distictly Neolithic date for the brushwood and timber componet of the islet.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: D.Garrow, F.Sturt, M.Copper. 2017. Submerged Neolithic of the Western Isles Interim Report (March 2017). Lewis lochs project: underwater survey July 2016.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Record last edited

Feb 20 2024 3:34PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the website maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.