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Creit Dhu
Hearth(S) (Mesolithic), Post Hole(S) (Mesolithic), Rubbish Pit(S) (Mesolithic), Stake Hole(S) (Mesolithic), Organic Material(S) (Mesolithic)
Site Name Creit Dhu
Classification Hearth(S) (Mesolithic), Post Hole(S) (Mesolithic), Rubbish Pit(S) (Mesolithic), Stake Hole(S) (Mesolithic), Organic Material(S) (Mesolithic)
Canmore ID 312134
Site Number NM45SW 62
NGR NM 4093 5318
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/312134
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilninian And Kilmore
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Excavation (2007 - 2010)
NM 4093 5318 Creit Dhu was discovered in 2000 by the landowner, Mr Billy Smith, who collected c1000 chipped stone artefacts. This collection contained a relatively high frequency of bladelets and platform cores with a variety of retouched pieces including notches, scrapers, awls and burins. Mithen learned of these artefacts in 2005 and identified the assemblage as being of a distinct typology characteristic of the Mesolithic in western Scotland. An evaluation of the site undertaken in 2007 and 2010 revealed a dense cluster of features of various sizes interpreted as stakeholes, postholes, rubbish pits and hearths. Charred plant material recovered from the fill of a feature was radiocarbon dated to 7830 +/- 80 BP (BETA 221401) establishing Creit Dhu as one of the
earliest known archaeological sites in western Scotland.
Archive: Mull Museum, Tobermory, Isle of Mull
Funder: University of Reading
Steven Mithen and Karen Wicks – University of Reading
