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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 675348
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/675348
NM81SW 9 8405 1475
(NM 8405 1475) Cave (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
A cave was discovered in the side of the hill known as An Sidhean when a Hydro-Electric power station was being built in 1956. It was excavated by members of the Dept of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Edinburgh. Excavation revealed a single occupation horizon yielding a backed blade and scraper industry on flint and quartz. The flints are not typical either of the Scottish microlithic or of the west coastal Mesolithic industries.
J M Coles 1959.
Only a small portion of the cave now survives, measuring 3 metres deep and 4 metres in height at the entrance, and narrowing to 1.5 metres at the end.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (D W R), 29 September 1971.
