Monument record 7421 - Traigh na Berie

no. 30
On the outcrop rock at Gridige, projecting into the sea, is a small patch of highly concentrated shell midden. This is on the same outcrop around the base of which the boat noost (site 27 - SMR no. 1841) has been constructed. This material is not clearly of anthropogenic origin, but other explanations are equally difficult to formulate. It comprises a depth of up to 0.4m of mixed compacted shall fragments in a brown silty-sandy matrix. This overlies a thin band of darker soil over the outcrop rock. The midden ispreserved only in isolated small pockets in the bedrock.
Armit 1992, 55

66: NB 1006 3626
Midden
Situated on a small bedrock islet at the west end of Traigh na Berie, is this eroding shell midden. Consisting of a layer of mixed whole shells 0.3 - 0.5m thick, the midden includes bone, charcoal, cramp and some possibly worked quartz. The site sits on a brown sandy soil up to 0.15m thick.
Burgess & Church 1996, 36

Ian Armit, 1992, Archaeological Field Survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) Peninsula, Lewis (Bibliographic reference). SWE41031.

Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document). SWE41181.

Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael, 1997, Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41000.