Monument record 754 - DRIMORE, SOUTH UIST

Summary

And 7562 4081, excavation of hut circles

Location

Grid reference NF 75590 40800 (point)
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)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: J G Scott. 1956b. Discovery and Excavations, Scotland. 32. 32.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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