Excavation
Date 2000
Event ID 609774
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/609774
NB 330 560 - 354 525
Rescue excavation of an eroding cemetery on Barvas Machair, Isle of Lewis revealed a number of cremations in stone-lined ditches, and a prone, extended female inhumation in a well-constructed cist. The cremations were dated by association with a rim and body sherd of decorated Iron Age pottery. The inhumation was accompanied by an iron bracelet, decorated with incised copper-alloy plates, which was found behind the back of the head. The lack of paralells for the bracelet makes it difficult to date, but its style is not incompatible with a Middle Iron Age date.
Sponsors: HS, Comunn Eachdraidh Bharabhais agus Bhru, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
M A MacLeod 2000