MHG37309 - Lithic Scatter - Achnahannait Bay

Summary

Open- air lithic scatter site investigated by the Scotland's First Settlers Project.

Type and Period (1)

LITHIC SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)

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None recorded

Full Description

NGR NG 5140 3755
The following sites were recorded between October 1999 and May 2000 as part of the Scotland's First Settlers Project (See DES 2000, 45):
NG 5140 3755 Achnahannait Bay Lithic scatter.
A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
K Hardy and C Wickham-Jones 2000

An open- air lithic scatter site investigated by the Scotland's First Settlers Project in 2000. A surface collection of four lithic finds, three regular flakes of chalcedonic silica and a debitage flake of baked mudstone, were located on the eroding edge of a raised beach above a small bay. The lithics suggest human activity, probably in prehistory. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG24512 Text/Publication/Monograph: Hardy, K and Wickham-Jones, C (eds). 2007. Mesolithic and later sites around the Inner Sound, Scotland: the work of the Scotland's First Settlers project 1998-2004, Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 31. Scottish Archaeological Internet Report. 31. Digital. Section 2.2.2, SFS 95.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5140 3755 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG53NW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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External Links (2)

http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-310-1/dissemination/pdf/sair31.pdf (Link to published Scottish Archaeological Internet Report)
https://canmore.org.uk/site/192600 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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