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South Uist, Drimore
House (Viking)
Site Name South Uist, Drimore
Classification House (Viking)
Alternative Name(s) Drimore Machair; Druim Mor
Canmore ID 9945
Site Number NF74SE 5
NGR NF 7564 4096
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9945
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF74SE 5 7564 4096.
(NF 7564 4096) A sub-rectangular Viking House. 50ft by 20ft was excavated for the Ministry of Works at Drimore, South Uist. It was defined by a single course of boulders and contained a long central hearth. Finds included a decorated bone comb, steatite spindle whorls and vessels, and pins and other objects of bone and ivory.
A Maclaren 1956, Informatiom from MoPBW to OS.
No trace of the house remains except for part of the NW angle, defined by a line of small stones at the west end of the elongated hollow, left by the excavation.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J T T) 19 May 1965.
