Monument record 14856 - Stoneyfield, Holm, Lewis

NB 44 30 (centre) In Novemeber 1999 an archaeological evaluation of sites at Holm was carried out in advance of proposed construction of waste water treatment works. The evaluation involved palaeoenvironmental assessment of peat deposits, geophysical survey, topographic survey or trial trenching of five sites…
Trench 2 (4.4m x 1.7m) was opened over the W side of Site 15. Evaluation indicated that the surface remains represent no more than the tumbled remains of relatively recent field walls lying within peat. A small assemblage of in situ lithics was recovered from below the peat and probably represents traces of settlement in the vicicnity during the prehistoric period. Significantly, the palaeoenvironmental assessment suggests that the basal layer of peat may date, through comparison with the Sheshader core, to the third millenium BC. If this is the case at Holm, the lithics from Site 15 are likely to be Bronze Age or earlier in date.
MacGregor 2000, 101

NB 44 30 Observation of soil stripping in the area of the waste water treatment plant, centred on NB 445 307. Observation of the transfer sewer from Stoneyfield Farm (NB 442 310 - NB 444 308) failed to produce any evidence of lithics further to those previously recovered during the archaeological evaluation. Apart from ditches, banks, trackways and drainage belonging to 19th-century or earlier field systems and the site of a probable bonfire, most features observed appeared to be of glacial origin. Only one fragmentary sub-peat stone-filled feature appeared to be of archaeological significance.
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Knott, C M 2000, 101-2

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