Monument record 846 - SLOC SABHAIDH, BALESHARE, NORTH UIST

NF76SE 19 7823 6085.

(Area " NF781 611) A sandhill site locally known as Sloc Sabhaidh, has revealed a series of kitchen-middens containing ashes, shells etc. Other finds include hammer-stones, bone pins, potsherds and a thin bronze ring ornamented with twisted wire, probably Viking, not later than AD.900-1000.
Within the base of the southern sandhill were found flint flakes, potsherds and charred bones, probably indicating a burnt burial, while, on a small knoll on the N of the site, cut-marked whale bones and a crude saddle quern were found. (E Beveridge 1911)
The finds are in the NMAS. (PSAS 1912 and 1922)
E Beveridge 1911; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1912 and 1922.

Sloc Sabhaidh (Information from Mr L Macdonald, Baleshare) is at c. NF 7823 6085. Shells, bones and ash can be seen in the many rabbit holes in the mound. See also NF 76SE 20
Visited by OS (J T T) 31 May 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 228, 266 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

PSAS, 1911-12, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 330 (Bibliographic reference). SWE9079.

PSAS, 1921-2, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 16 (Bibliographic reference). SWE9178.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 93, No. 286 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.

Centre for Field Archaeology, 2005, Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, North Uist (Bibliographic reference). SWE41070.