Monument record 14487 - Frobost, South Uist

Summary

Settlement mound

Location

Grid reference NF 72847 25714 (point)
Map sheet NF72NW
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

46: Frobost, South Uist, NF 7284 2570
c. 40m across, 3m depth of deposits, surveyed June 1995, pasture.
No pottery. Bone and shell, building stone.
Possibly part of Site 45 (SMR 14486)
Parker Pearson and Sharples

NF 72 25 On Frobost machair there are three large settlement mounds (Sites 45, 46 and 47). Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery came from Trench 2, one of three small test trenches into Site 46.
Parker Pearson and Smith 1998, 103


Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N, Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist (Unpublished document).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  • --- Unpublished document: Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N. Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist.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

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Dec 14 2007 3:53PM

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