Site Event/Activity record EHG2937 - Uamh An Eich Bhric
Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3028 3264 (1m by 0m) |
| Map sheet | NG33SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | BRACADALE |
Technique(s)
Organisation
West Coast Archaeological Services
Date
2006
Description
NG 3028 3264 A massive rock shelter at the foot of the W-facing 120m high cliffs lying to the W of Fiskavaig on the Isle of Skye. The shelter contains a well stratified midden of late 1st century AD date that is being rapidly eroded by rising sea level and storm action. A number of bronze artefacts, pottery, animal bone and the lower stone of a rotary quern have been recovered from the collapsed sections of the midden face. A series of markers were set in the shelter in December 2006, in order to monitor the rate of erosion during the winter of 2006/7. As of October 2007 a further 1.2m has been lost from the midden face.
Archive and finds currently retained by Archaeological and Ancient Landscape Survey. Reports deposited with Highland Council and Historic Scotland.
Funder: Martin Wildgoose, Steven Birch, George Kozikowski and Ian Suddaby. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24110 Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2009. Annual update from Canmore. Digital.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MHG51768 Rock shelter, Uamh an Eich Bhric, Fiskavaig (Monument)
Record last edited
Nov 27 2014 10:18AM