Monument record 1581 - TRAIGH NA BERIE

Summary

Settlement mound

Location

Grid reference NB 10660 35460 (point)
Map sheet NB13NW
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

no.25
This is a conical mound set within a flat machair plain near site 23 (SMR no. 1579), lying in a similar relationship to the surrounding topography. It measures 10m north-east/south-west by 7m at its base, and survives to c. 1.3m in height. It has been damaged by rabbit burrows. It appears to represent a formerly more extensive midden deposit. On rabibt burrow has disturbed compact shell-rich midden material and small stones, while another has prodiced a sherd of undiagnostic, heavily gritted pottery.
No noticeable increase in the number or extent of rabbit burrows was identified between the 1989 and 1992 surveys, but the presence on both occasions of loose sand containing shell and pot sherds suggests that gradual attrition is damaging the mound.
Armit 1992, 51


Ian Armit, 1992, Archaeological Field Survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) Peninsula, Lewis (Bibliographic reference). SWE41031.

I Armit, 1994, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, No.25, 83 illus 15 (Bibliographic reference). SWE34817.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: I Armit. 1994. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 124. 67-93, fiche 1:A4-G5. No.25, 83 illus 15.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Ian Armit. 1992. Archaeological Field Survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) Peninsula, Lewis.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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