Monument record MHG37298 - ASHAIG

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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NG62SE 36 6922 2410

The following sites were recorded between October 1999 and May 2000 as part of the Scotland's First Settlers Project (DES 1999, 49-50):
NG 6922 2410 Ashaig 3 Lithic scatter.
A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Society of Antiquaries of London, Prehistoric Society, Russell Trust, Applecross Estates Trust, Munro Fund, University of Edinburgh, Ross and Cromarty Enterprise, Leader 11, CFA, private donations.
K Hardy and C Wickham-Jones 2000

Description from publication in SAIR31:

2.2.12 SFS 92: Ashaig 3, NGR NG 6922 2410

Type of Site: Open-air lithic scatter site
SFS Record: 2000
Survey Area: South Skye
Size: 10m×4m
Aspect: South-east
Height OD: 17m
Ground Cover: Grass and heather
Distance to Sea: 500m to north-west to sheltered sandy beach
Distance to Fresh Water: 5m to south-east
Threats: Open grazing, erosion
Description: Surface lithic scatter
Archaeology: Surface collection
Finds

Lithics: There were eight lithic finds here, mainly regular flakes of chalcedonic silica, but there were also single pieces of Rùm bloodstone and quartz, and an edge retouched flake of chalcedonic silica.
Discussion

The lithics are undiagnostic but they suggest prehistoric activity in the vicinity and this would be supported by the lack of other recent finds such as pottery or metal.

Karen Hardy & Caroline Wickham-Jones (eds). Mesolithic and later sites around the Inner Sound, Scotland: the work of the Scotland’s First Settlers project 1998–2004 (SAIR 31). Www.sair.org.uk/sair31/section2-2.html <1>