Monument record 12009 - IODCHAR

NF74SE 28 7500 4454

NF 7500 4454 Iodchar. Settlement mound. Geophysics results were blurred by changes in land-use. Five trenches were opened at regular points over the mound.
Trench 1 revealed a considerable depth of midden-infused machair growth. Underneath this was a dense, black, charcoal-rich floor layer, supporting a large number of pot sherds. Some of these are unfired clay, some are burnt, while others appear to have been deliberately smashed and impressed into the underlying deposit. The pottery can be dated to the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age. Trenches 2 and 3 contained inter-digitised shell midden and machair layers. Trenches 4 and 5 also revealed a depth of midden material above dense floor layers, neither of which was excavated. No further diagnostic pottery was recovered. (SEARCH Site 144)
Sponsors: Universities of Glasgow, Sheffield, Bournemouth and Southampton, King Alfred's College.
J A Raven 2003

REPORT DATE: 21/02/2005