Tiree, Traigh Bhalla, Vaul
Midden(S) (Period Unassigned), Hammerstone(S) (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tiree, Traigh Bhalla, Vaul
Classification Midden(S) (Period Unassigned), Hammerstone(S) (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 21518
Site Number NM04NW 24
NGR NM 048 483
NGR Description Centred NM 048 483
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21518
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Tiree
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM04NW 24 c048 483.
Two kitchen middens, the larger with pottery and shells, lie at a small patch of broken turf at the West end of Traigh Bhalla (NM 053 484) and close to Vaul hamlet (NM 048 483). Two hammer-stones and pottery, two pieces decorated, were found close-by.
E Beveridge 1903.
Although there are numerous deposit of shells along the shore no definite kitchen middens could be identified in the area.
Visited by OS (R D) 27 June 1972.
