Source/Archive record SWE41010 - 'The excavation of post-mediaeval burials from Braigh, Aignish, Lewis, 1989'
| Title | 'The excavation of post-mediaeval burials from Braigh, Aignish, Lewis, 1989' |
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| Author/Originator | Roderick McCullagh & Finbar McCormick |
| Date/Year | 1991 |
Abstract/Summary
During the course of road works in 1989 two groups of skeletons were unearthed from sand dunes. Excavation has shown that eleven corpses were deposited in two parallel trenches. The date of the burial is estimated, on the basis of the coin evidence, to be c. 1700. The skeletons were probably all male with a wide span of ages though most died in early adulthood. It seems most likely that they were victims of a shipwreck.
Description
Post-Medieval Archaeology 25 (1991) 73-88
Location
Referenced Monuments (1)
- 351 BROAD BAY, BRAIGHE, LEWIS (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- EWE277 Broad Bay Mass Burial, Braigh.
Record last edited
Nov 25 2022 12:18PM
