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

Map

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> Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2009. Annual update from Canmore. Digital.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Rock shelter, Uamh an Eich Bhric, Fiskavaig (Monument)

Record last edited

Nov 27 2014 10:18AM

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