Excavation

Date 1996

Event ID 547140

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NB 046 344 The deserted village of Berero is situated on the E side of the Traigh nan Sruban opposite the township of Crowlista. Recorded as clearing themselves in the 1730s due to the ground being too wet to live on, the village consists of six structures occupied at the time of abandonment and at least one structure that clearly pre-dates those abandoned.

Excavations were carried out within this structure with the aim of identifying the date of abandonment and characterising the features that define this apparently early dwelling. These revealed floor surfaces that were waterlogged but completely swept clean of any visible anthropogenic deposits except small quantities of peat ash. Samples were collected to sieve for macro fossils but as yet no datable material has been recovered.

A full report will be placed in the NMRS in due course.

Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Edinburgh University Archaeology Department, Russell Trust.