Monument record 14470 - Stoneybridge, South Uist

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Settlement mound

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Grid reference NF 73685 33175 (point)
Map sheet NF73SW
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

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33. Stoneybridge, South Uist NF 7368 3317
c. 25m diameter, 0.5m + depth of deposits (mound is 1m high). Surveyed June 1993, June 1994. Land in cultivation. Pottery scarce - probably Iron Age, probably Viking/Medieval. Some shell, no bone. Referred to as 'the old town' in Gaelic (Archie Beaton pers comm). Little bone or shell survivies but pH test indicates that acidity is not high. Sherd scarcity indicates LIA/Medieval date.

Parker Pearson and Sharples


Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N, Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist (Unpublished document).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

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  • --- Unpublished document: Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N. Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist.

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Dec 14 2007 10:47AM

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