Archaeology Notes

Event ID 693551

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR38NW 2 3468 8895.

NR 347 889. Shell-midden located 200m west of Oronsay Priory (NR38NW 1) (Possibly Medieval - see NR38NE 12).

W G Jardine 1971

NR 3468 8895 An oval mound, measuring 20.0m NW-SE by 18.0m and up to 1.6m high, with shell exposed in the SW. It is similar in appearance to other shell-middens that have been excavated in the area.

Visited by OS (BS) 3 April 1974.