Find Spot record 71 - SRON A' CHRIP, KNEEP, LEWIS

NB03NE 6 099 365.

(NB 099 365) The oxidised remains of many clinch nails of Viking or mediaeval type, the oxidised remains of an iron blade 4" long with a tang and stop butt, various fragments of sheet bronze, one showing a split-pin type rivet, a bone pin with stem expanding to a flat head and a button made from a copper coin, probably of 18th century date, were found in sand bunkers on the rcoky headland of Kneep Valtos.
R Crerar 1961.

Surface finds in sand blow at various points on this headland (but mainly in the area centred NB 0991 3646) in the course of field investigation, included sherds of pottery ranging from coarse broch-type to 20th century teapots, oxidised nails and other pieces of iron, mostly modern, scattered shell midden material and a 19th century bone button. (See NB13NW 4)
Visited by OS (R L) 27 June 1969.

54: NB 0993 3643
Artefacts
Two scatters of pottery in vicinity of the Norse cemetery situated at the summit of Sron Chrip. 1 scatter was associated with a concentration of shells, so may represent a midden; both imply prehistoric activity in the area. The erosion in the area is particularly severe, with slumping and sand deflation covering up the machair grass. Both sites are unstable.
Burgess and Church 1996, 34

R Crerar, 1961b, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 45 (Bibliographic reference). SWE13563.

PSAS, 1976-7, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 385 (Bibliographic reference). SWE8441.

PSAS, 1978-80, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 535, 540 (Bibliographic reference). SWE8442.

Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document). SWE41181.

Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael, 1997, Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41000.