Monument record 156 - HACKLETE, GREAT BERNERA

Summary

Finds indicating the existence of a multi-period settlement, Neolithic to Post Mediaeval

Location

Grid reference NB 15260 34590 (point)
Map sheet NB13SE
Parish UIG, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NB13SE 1 1526 3459.

(NB 1512 3458) Bronze Age Macehead found AD 1949 (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1965)

A "cushion" macehead was found whilst making a roadway on a croft at 11 Hacklete, 11.9cm long and 5.3cm broad, together with "earth-house-type" potsherds, rotary quernstones and other objects. The foundations of structures could be seen. No doubt the macehead had been brought to the spot as a 'find' by inhabitants of a later culture, and it is considerably weathered and abraded by consequent (mis)use. (R B K Stevenson 1952)
Now in the NMAS (PSAS 1951).
In 1957 an unfinished perforated "hoe" of stone, and undecorated IA sherds, found at Hacklete, were donated to the NMAS by the finder, (PSAS 1958) and in 1959 he donated the base of an IA vessel and part of the rim of a craggan (PSAS 1962).
R B K Stevenson 1952; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1951; 1960; 1962.

According to the finder the "cushion" macehead and other objects were picked up in his garden at NB 1526 3459, the macehead in 1946. Further potsherds, quernstones, pounders etc., have been found, together with traces of walling and midden material, indicating an IA habitation site.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 22 June 1969. A


PSAS, 1948-9a, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 247 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5065.

R B K Stevenson, 1949-50d, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 218-19 (Bibliographic reference). SWE8337.

PSAS, 1957-8, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 200 (Bibliographic reference). SWE9053.

PSAS, 1959-60, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 253 (Bibliographic reference). SWE8964.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: PSAS. 1948-9a. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 83. 229-33, 241-8. 247.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: R B K Stevenson. 1949-50d. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 84. 218-20. 218-19.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: PSAS. 1959-60. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 93. 252-8. 253.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: PSAS. 1957-8. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 91. 200-6. 200.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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