Monument record MWE150042 - Loch Bhorghastail
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NB 2115 4095 (point) |
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Map sheet | NB24SW |
Island | Lewis |
Parish | UIG, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
As part of the Lewis Lochs Project a team from Reading & Southampton Universities investigated this site.
A submerged stone causeway runs out from the nearest promentory of land to the crannog. The stone built islet has moderate vegitation cover with a single drystone cairn on it.
A dive survey revealed structural timbers and clear stratigraphy, large amounts of pottery and worked quartz were identified in eroding sediment deposits.
All pottery was identified as Neolithic.
This site has huge research potential.
K.Murphy (Archaeologist CnES) 17/06/2017
D.Garrow, F.Sturt, M.Copper, 2017, Submerged Neolithic of the Western Isles
Interim Report (March 2017) (Unpublished document). SWE41254.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE41254 Unpublished document: D.Garrow, F.Sturt, M.Copper. 2017. Submerged Neolithic of the Western Isles Interim Report (March 2017). Lewis lochs project: underwater survey July 2016.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Feb 20 2024 3:07PM