Monument record 1916 - TRAIGH CHUIL, LEWIS

NB43NE 6 4647 3895

Found by Murdo MacDonald and Alan Cummings on 25th March 1993. The skeleton was in the steep face of a sand dune, c.2m below present ground level Limited exploration has taken place; the skeleton is fairly well preserved, apparently lying on its front with the head bent sharply backwards and there is a pushed-in hole in the middle of the forehead. There is no immediate association with any other archaeological deposits and it may represent the isolated burial of a shipwreck or drowning victim. The find was examined by Carol Cunningham.
Information from Mr R Langhorne (Western Isles Islands Council), 5 April 1993.