Monument record 14791 - Machair Bharabhais

NB 330 560 - NB 354 525 Rescue excavation of an eroding cemetery on Barvas Machair, Isle of Lewis, revealed a number of cremations in stone-lined ditches, and a prone, extended female inhumation in a well-constructed cist. The cremations were dated by association wih a rim and body sherd of decorated Iron Age pottery. The inhumation was accompanied by an iron bracelet, decorated with incised copper-alloy plates, which was found behind the back of the head. The lack of parallels fo the bracelet makes it difficult to date, but its style is not incompatible with a Middle Iron Age date.
Sponsors: HS, Comunn Eachdraidh Bharabhais agus Bhru, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Council for Scottish Archaeology, 2000, Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41184.