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Glasgow, Barrack Street
Shell Midden (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Glasgow, Barrack Street
Classification Shell Midden (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 45020
Site Number NS66NW 32
NGR NS 604 651
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45020
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66NW 32 604 651.
Deposits of oyster shell were reported from approximately this location during housing development in 1982. Although reported too late for active investigation a sample of shell was recovered from builder's spoil; remains in the possession of the Committee for Early Coastal archaeology.
D Sloan 1985.
