Monument record 1332 - NORTHTON, HARRIS

NF99SE 3 988 905.

(Area NF 988 905) A number of shell heaps, uncovered by the wind, have revealed many fragments of undecorated hand-made pottery and animal bones among the shell refuge. The situation is on the isthmus connecting the Toe Head peninsula with the mainland of Harris, c.300 yards N of the last house at Northton (RCAHMS 1928).
A perforated sandstone disc from a kitchen-midden near Northton is in the NMAS (PSAS 1915)
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1915; RCAHMS 1928.

There is no trace of these middens except at NF 9855 9039, where a small quantity of shells, bones and fragments of coarse pottery were observed during field investigation.
From time to time pottery sherds, crude stone implements and ashes are still turned up on this isthmus during cultivation, particularly around the souterrain (NF99SE 5).
Visited by OS (A A) 3 July 1969.

PSAS, 1914-15, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 11 (Bibliographic reference). SWE8963.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 46, No. 155 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.