Monument record 599 - KILPHEDER, SOUTH UIST

Summary

Midden site, possibly Viking Age

Location

Grid reference NF 72800 19600 (point)
Map sheet NF71NW
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NF71NW 11 728 196.

(Area NF 728196) Extensive midden - probably Viking Age - iron clinch nails, pottery etc. 1951.
Information from R W Feachem.

Midden not located.
Visited by OS (R D) 15 May 1965.

81: Kilpheder, NF 728 196
Unknown dimensions, in RCHAMS records, beach.
Pottery of unknown date. Shell and bone, nails. No longer visible and thus probably eroded away by the sea.
Parker Pearson and Sharples


Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N, Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist (Unpublished document). SWE41170.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Parker Pearson, M and Sharples, N. Dun Vulan Environs Survey, South Uist.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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