Monument record 13566 - AISGERNIS

NF72SW 28 7331 2410

NF 73 23 In Aisgernis (Askernish) township there is a line of low settlement mounds occupying a N-S sand ridge between the machair and the peatland. Site 97 is likely to date to the medieval period on the basis of a text trench.
Parker Pearson 1998, 101

NF 7331 2410 Aisgernis. Settlement mound. Geophysics indicated several rectangular structures overlying one another. Five trenches were opened to confirm these results. Trenches 1, 2 and 3 uncovered some areas of walling, 3 with possible turf capping. Trenches 4 and 5 located midden but produced no pottery. Of the few sherds found, only one was datable to the Middle Iron Age. (SEARCH Site 97)
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.