Monument record 14510 - Smerclete

Summary

Site

Location

Grid reference NF 74535 14905 (point)
Map sheet NF71SW
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

75: Smerclete, NF 7453 1490
c.10m diameter, 0.25m depth of deposits, surveyed June 1995, cultivation/pasture.
No pottery. No finds. Recalled by Mrs MacAulay, retired school teacher, who found a bone/antler comb there as a child. The site was not identified on the ground with any certainty but it may be a slight rise immediately north of the ruined house by the beach.
Parker Pearson and Sharples


Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N, Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist (Unpublished document).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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N. Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Dec 18 2007 12:10PM

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