Monument record 2269 - ST KILDA

NF19NW 30 101 995

NF 101 995 Excavation of 4m section of old field bank, c 15m NNW of cleit 48. On an early stone bank (investigation to be concluded), wall A, c 0.6-0.9m in width, was built carefully but in a non-uniform style. Clearance stones were then placed against its N face, earlier ones rounded, later ones angular, and against its S face; one or two large boulders were cleared onto the top of wall A. Large orthostats were then set on and against the clearance stones on the N side, making a thicker, faced wall. If the orthostat face on the S side dates to this phase the final thickness of this wall (B) would have been c 1.8m, with clearance stones and tumble adding to its bulk. Broken hoe blades of dolerite were found throughout the sequence so far investigated, as well as detached flakes from these implements, and a few sherds of pottery.
Sponsors: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Universities of Wales, Lampeter and Sheffield, NTS.
A Fleming and M Edmonds 1996

A and M Fleming and Edmonds, 1996, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 105 (Bibliographic reference). SWE38146.