Monument record 13565 - AISGERNIS

NF72SW 27 7328 2402

NF 73 23 In Aisgernish (Askernish) township there is a line of low settlement mounds occupying a N-S ridge between the machair and the peatland. One of these (Site 96) can be dated to the medieval period as the result of digging seven small test-pits and one test trench.
Parker Pearson 1998, 101

NF 7328 2402 Aisgernis. Settlement mound. Geophysics revealed a strong concentration of readings at the centre of the mounds, masking any detailed reading, though several rectangular structures seemed to protrude from the central mass. Six trenches were opened.
Trench 7 uncovered an area of insubstantial walling. The remaining trenches uncovered a substantial amount of midden but revealed no further structural data, except Trench 11, which contained compacted hearth material at some depth. Few pottery sherds were obtained: two 18th/19th-century sherds, two possible 17th-century sherds, and two Middle Iron Age sherds. (SEARCH Site 96)
Sponsors: Universities of Glasgow, Sheffield, Bournemouth and Southampton, King Alfred's College.
J A Raven 2003

REPORT DATE: 21/02/2005

Council for Scottish Archaeology, 1998, Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41173.