Monument record 2695 - AIRD CALLANISH

NB23SW 68 205 335

NB 205 335 Rescue excavation of sub-peat features eroding from the coastal edge at Aird Callanish has revealed evidence of birch clearance and a possible hearth feature of some antiquity. This curvilinear stone hearth was filled by a compact, well-preserved charcoal layer that represents a clear burning episode; the 1m depth of peat overlying this suggests that it dates to prehistory.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Edinburgh University Archaeology Department, Uig Landscape Survey, West of Lewis Landscape Project.
C Flitcroft and A Heald 1997

C and A Flitcroft and Heald, 1997, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 85 (Bibliographic reference). SWE40613.