Monument record 802 - BALRANALD, NORTH UIST

NF76NW 9 716 682.

Beaker pottery found here in 1976.
Information from Miss M Harman to Ordnance Survey, 1976.

Sherds of pottery and quartz flakes from this site were donated to NMAS by Miss M Harman.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1979.

On north shore of inlet to Loch Paible, at the base of exposed machair edge, a length of midden is visible over a maximum distance of 100m; in one area it is 0.95m thick but generally is 0.6m thick. It is underlaid by a possible old ground surface which is visible in section for c 200m. Several sherds of cord-decorated beaker, quartz pieces and animal bone have been recovered from this exposure.
I Shepherd, A Shepherd and C Maclean 1978.

A small Beaker midden is visible in the shore face of the tidal channel dividing Balranald from Paiblesgarry. Sherds were retrieved per a Paiblesgarry resident and deposited at the NMAS. Probably the same site as above.
I Crawford 1978.

This midden continues to produce Beaker period pottery. It is intermittently covered by shingle and sand depending upon the direction of the wind.
MML 28.6.2002

No trace of this midden was apparent. However, different coloured bands of sand were viible on the eroding face of the machair close to this location and provide evidence for the formation of machair.

PSAS, 1976-7, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 385 (Bibliographic reference). SWE8441.

I Crawford, 1978a, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 36 (Bibliographic reference). SWE13116.

I, A and C Shepherd, Shepherd , 1978g, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 35 (Bibliographic reference). SWE13115.

Ronan Toolis, 2005, Loch Phaibeil, North Uist: Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract Excavation & Survey (Unpublished document). SWE41105.