North Uist, Loch Na Buaile
Midden (Prehistoric)(Possible), Structure(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible), Unidentified Pottery (Period Unknown)
Site Name North Uist, Loch Na Buaile
Classification Midden (Prehistoric)(Possible), Structure(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible), Unidentified Pottery (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 10455
Site Number NF97SW 4
NGR NF 9100 7001
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10455
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF97SW 4 9100 7001.
(Area NF 9107 00) On a promontory at the SE corner of Loch na Buaile, close to the remains of a modern dwelling is a mound which possibly represents a prehistoric site; fragments of crude pottery having been found there.
E Beveridge 1911.
The mound at NF 9100 7001, close by the remains of a modern building, appears to be the remains of several buildings which stand on a small natural hillock; but the remains are too amorphous to make anything out of them. Several other building fragments can also be seen in the area. No further information was encountered concerning the potsherds found, or of this being a pre-historic site.
Visited by OS (R D) 30 June 1965.
Field Visit (24 July 1914)
Kitchen Midden, Loch na Buaile, Lochmaddy.
On a grass-covered promontory at the eastern end of Loch na Buaile, beside the ruins of a house, on a slight elevation, are the foundations apparently of a number of ancient dwellings. Many fragments of hand-made pottery scraped out by rabbits have been found, and a thin flake of light grey flint was observed. On the eastern side of the knoll, in a rabbit's burrow, a layer of kitchen midden refuse, including fragments of pottery, bones and limpet and whelk shells, is noticeable.
RCAHMS 1928, visible 24 July 1914.
OS map: North Uist xxxv (unnoted).
