Monument record 6867 - Bornais 4

Summary

Settlement mound, late Iron Age

Location

Grid reference NF 73304 31185 (point)
Map sheet NF73SW
Island South Uist
Township Bornais, South Uist, Western Isles
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

settlement mound c. 10m dia, c. 0.5m deposit depth, ploughed 1993, 1994. pottery inc. Late Iron Age plain wares, shell and bone. This appears to be a lone site in isolation. Coring of low sand hillocks in its vicinity failed to recover further midden layers or settlement mounds. Parker Pearson, Dun Vulan Environs Survey


Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N, Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist (Unpublished document). SWE41170.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N. Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2000 12:00AM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the website maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.