Monument record MWE149875 - Traigh na Berie II

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Midden Shell

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Grid reference NB 1003 3632 (point)
Map sheet NB13NW
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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Extensive shell midden deposits in an eroding section, approx 10m in length, 0.4m depth.
The midden was covered by a layer of stones before being covered by a substancial machair sequence.
Radiocarbon dating of charred hazelnut shells from the main body of the midden date the accumulation to 6.5-6.1 cal BP.
It is suggested that this site along with other middens at the base of Cnip headland represent a late Mesolithic landscape.

R.R.Bishop, M.J.Church, C.Clegg, L.Johnson, S.Piper, P.A.Rowley-Conway, L.Snape-Kennedy.
Discovery & Excavation Scotland 14: 198-199.

Durham University (September 2013)

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Aug 22 2018 10:18AM

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