Monument record 14513 - Silgenach, Cill Donain

Summary

Settlement mound

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Grid reference NF 72505 28895 (point)
Map sheet NF72NW
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

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NF 7250 2889 This mound was explored by three trenches and was largely found to be sterile windblown sand. However, preserved within the windblown sand was a soil horizon cut by two ditches and containing evidence for ard cultivation. A few small sherds of Beaker pottery were recovered from this layer.
Sharples 1998, 104


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

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: Council for Scottish Archaeology. 1998. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland.

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Dec 19 2007 11:59AM

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