Monument record 754 - DRIMORE, SOUTH UIST
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 75590 40800 (point) |
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Map sheet | NF74SE |
Island | South Uist |
Parish | SOUTH UIST, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NF74SE 8 7559 4080 and 7562 4081.
Two sites were excavated for the Ministry of Works on the machair at Drimore, South Uist.
The first was a sand dune with slight traces of occupation.
The second, near the first, consisted of two much-robbed stone hut circles.
"Both sites were probably contemporary with the stone roundhouse culture of which extensive remains were found in other excavation on the machair."
J G Scott 1956.
(NF 7560 4072 and NF 7561 4081) Two sites excavated by J G Scott in 1956.
Information from MoPBW to OS.
The first of these occupation sites is at NF 75594080 and is visible only as a partially covered excavation and an accumulation of small loose boulders.
This site has been wrongly positioned by J G Scott and MoPBW. The second site (as planned by MoPBW) is at NF 7562 4081 and has vestiges of two hut-circles, one within the other, outlines by widely spaced boulders.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J T T) 20 May 1965.
J G Scott, 1956b, Discovery and Excavations, Scotland, 32 (Bibliographic reference). SWE13100.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE13100 Bibliographic reference: J G Scott. 1956b. Discovery and Excavations, Scotland. 32. 32.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM