MHG58706 - Lithic Scatter - Dun Hasan 2

Summary

Three pieces of debitage and a pottery sherd were recovered from the surface of this site during the Scotland's First Settlers Project.

Type and Period (1)

LITHIC SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Iron Age - 8000 BC? to 560 AD?)

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A lithic scatter was found on a grassy level terrace on top of cliffs was found by the Scotland's First Settlers Project in 1999. Three pieces of debitage (two are chalcedonic silica and the third is baked mudstone) and one abraded body sherd of well-fired sandy clay were recovered from the surface of this site. The finds are few in number and undiagnostic. They may relate to prehistoric activity, but further work would be needed to clarify this. <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 2.2.35, SFS 117. XY

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5274 6270 (40m by 40m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG56SW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	KILMUIR

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http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-310-1/dissemination/pdf/sair31.pdf (Link to published Scottish Archaeological Internet Report)

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