Oronsay, 'cnoc Coig'
Midden (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)
Site Name Oronsay, 'cnoc Coig'
Classification Midden (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)
Canmore ID 37818
Site Number NR38NE 6
NGR NR 3605 8857
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37818
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Colonsay And Oronsay
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR38NE 6 3605 8857.
(Area NR 362 885 ) Kitchen-midden discovered 1971. (Probably Medieval - see NR38NE 12).
P Mellars and S Payne 1971
NR 3605 8857: A grass-covered shell mound, measuring 30.0m E-W by 20.0m and up to 1.8m high. The excavation trenches have been backfilled.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 18 April 1974.
