Monument record 12528 - Hanglam

On the North side of the channel leading from Loch Phailbeil to the sea a series of bands of different coloured sands were evident at the edge of the machairm where coastal erosion has taken place. Within these bands were two discrete cremation deposits, both of friable dark brown sandy silt, 0.55m wide,0.1m deep and 1.4m below ground surface. Both contained frequent inclusions of burnt human bone. The easternmost deposits was defined by vertically set mica schist slabs 0.7m apart, overlaid by yellow sand, which was overlaid by a layer of white quartz pebbles . The westernmost cremation deposit revealed no vertically set stone slabs, but again was overlaid by yellow sand, which was overlaid by a small heap of white quartz pebbles. Both cremation deposits measured as a whole 0.25m deep.

Centre for Field Archaeology, 2005, Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, North Uist (Bibliographic reference). SWE41070.

Ronan Toolis, 2005, Loch Phaibeil, North Uist: Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract Excavation & Survey (Unpublished document). SWE41105.