MHG3984 - Bloodstone Flint Scatter - Buail'-A-Ghoirtein, Rhum

Summary

Bloodstone flint scatter.

Type and Period (1)

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

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Full Description

Incomplete, heath/rough pasture, gently sloping hillslope, ESE-SSE-SE aspect, altitude 0-20m OD.
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Buail'-a-ghoirtein, four scatters to the SE of, and possibly associated with, the excavated site (Kinloch, MHG3987).
Wickham-Jones, C R; Sharples, N; Clarke, A; 1984;Discovery & Excavation in Scotland; CBA (Scot); p15

NM49NW 10 406 999.
C R Wickham-Jones, N Sharples and A Clarke 1984

FIND TYPE = BLOODSTONE

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG956 Text/Publication/Article: Wickham-Jones, Sharples and Clarke, C R, N and A. 1984. 'Isle of Rhum (Small Isles p), Farm Fields, Kinloch, microlithic scatter', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1984, p.14-15. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 14-15. 15.

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Grid reference	Centred NM 4060 9990 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM49NW
Civil Parish	SMALL ISLES
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/22198 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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