Taransay, Sands Of Rath
Dish(S) (Stone), Pin (Bone)
Site Name Taransay, Sands Of Rath
Classification Dish(S) (Stone), Pin (Bone)
Alternative Name(s) Corran Raah
Canmore ID 3994
Site Number NB00SW 5
NGR NB 04 00
NGR Description NB c. 04 00
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3994
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NB00SW 5 c. 04 00.
Two fragments of stone dishes and a double-pointed bone pin (3" long) were found when investigating a sand-heap that a small ruin on the surface had kept from blowing away. The situation was at the Sands of Rath, Taransay (? the sandhills in the area of Corran Raah). The stone dishes (common among the ruins of settlements) are usually less than 2ft sqaure, of undressed stone, with a concavity about the size of a soup plate. Their use is uncertain.
Presented to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
F W L Thomas 1863.
No further information.
Visited by OS (R L) 7 July 1969.
