Monument record 14456 - Kildonan, South Uist

Summary

Settlement mounds

Location

Grid reference NF 72484 28775 (point)
Map sheet NF72NW
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

19. Kildonan, South Uist. NF 7248 2877
c. 5m diameter, 0.3m depth of deposits. Surveyed June 1993, June 1994. Pasture. No pottery, shell, bone and worked stone. This site and Kildonan 20 are probably those referred to in RCAHMS records as Sligeanach Kildonan NF 726 286. Settlement; middens; small finds
Parker Pearson and Sharples

NF 7248 2877 A single trench in this small mound recovered shells, bone and pumice, indicating human activity, but there was no contemporary soil horizon and the activity appeared to have been much disturbed by recent erosion.
Sharples 1998, 104


Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N, Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist (Unpublished document). SWE41170.

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

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N. Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Council for Scottish Archaeology. 1998. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Dec 12 2007 4:43PM

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