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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 741136
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/741136
NG09SW 11 0072 9301.
In January 1992 a burial was discovered by local residents in the side of a newly eroding dune. The grave, whose edges were lined with small stones, was approximately N to S aligned although only 0.55m of its S end had been preserved in the dune. The remains comprised much of the cranium, some teeth, fragments of rib, part of the pelvis and one femur. No associated artefacts were recovered. The proximity of the femur to the cranium may suggest that the burial was crouched.
The slope above the site of the burial reveals alignments of stone settings wherever the turf is broken. The burial was not scientifically excavated, but the grave hollow and surrounding area were recorded archaeologically.
C M Cunningham and S Hothersall 1992.
NG 0073 9302 An archaeological excavation was undertaken in April 2004 following the discovery of human remains eroding out of a sand dune at Sgaristadh Beag. The remains were revealed to be part of an inhumation burial. In addition, a topographic survey was carried out around the Scaristmore parish churchyard and the adjacent coastline. Finds include pottery, slag and worked bone.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: HS.
A Hunter Blair 2004
