MHG75 - Possible Lithic Working Site - Bruach Na Maorach
Summary
A number of lithic artefacts discovered here which possibly date from the Mesolithic period. They may represent a lithic working site.
Type and Period (1)
- LITHIC WORKING SITE (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Centred 645 676.
A small number of Late Larnian and Obanian-type mesolithic artifacts in flint and quartz have been found under peat below Bruach na Maorach (the Shell-fish Bank - name: NM 643 675). They were donated to the NMAS in 1960 by the late W A Munro.
A D Lacaille 1954; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1963.
No further information.
Visited by OS (R L) 28 May 1970.
NM 645 676. Mesolithic Flints, etc, Kentra Bay: Twenty-nine flakes and chips, cores, 'thumbnail' scraper, knife and one core and one flake of Rhum bloodstone. Heavily patinated (Thornber 1974).
Donated to the NMAS (PSAS 1978).
I Thornber 1974; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1978.
The artifacts from Kentra Bay cannot be closely dated within the Mesolithic period (RCAHMS 1980).
RCAHMS 1980.
A blade, thumbnail scraper, bloodstone core and 31 flakes of flint and one of bloodstone are listed in the NMS catalogue from Kentra Bay, under Acc. Nos. ACA 305-308. They were gifted in 1975. <1>
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG201 Text/Publication/Article: Thornber, I. 1974. 'Ardnamurchan, Kentra Bay, mesolithic flints, etc', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1974, p.22. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 22. 22.
- --- SHG2399 Text/Publication/Volume: Lacaille, A D. 1954. The Stone Age in Scotland. 295; illust.
- --- SHG2660 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1980. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). . 4.
- --- SHG586 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1963. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 94 1960-1, p.327-35. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 327-35. 327.
- --- SHG597 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1978. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 107 1975-6, p.333-40. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 333-40. 333, No. 4.
- <1> SHG28278 Dataset/Database File: National Museums Scotland. 2019. Highland Finds from the NMS Catalogue. National Museums Scotland. Digital. ACA 305-308.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 6449 6759 (20m by 20m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM66NW |
| Civil Parish | ARDNAMURCHAN |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
Finds (6)
- KNIFE (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)
- CORE (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)
- THUMB NAIL SCRAPER (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/22497 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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