Monument record 12010 - STAOINEBRIG

NF73SW 14 7368 3314

NF 7368 3314 Staoinebrig. Settlement mound. Local tradition refers to this site as 'the old town', and it has produced humic soil, shell and 17th-century pottery in rabbit scrapes. Two trenches were excavated to identify the length of occupation.
Trench 1 revealed part of a rubble wall and possible flagged stone floor. Both trenches produced shell, bone and pottery-rich midden, including red hard-fired pottery, typically identified with the 17th century, and several sherds of a hard, coarse and poorly fired fabric, possibly medieval in date. Together with material recovered from surrounding mounds, this evidence tentatively confirms that this site was the core of a township dating from the Viking period through to the 17th century. Bulk samples were removed for environmental processing. (SEARCH Site 33)
Sponsors: Universities of Glasgow, Sheffield, Bournemouth and Southampton, King Alfred's College.
J A Raven 2003

REPORT DATE: 21/02/2005