Monument record MHG48620 - Flint scatter - Pol Na Maraich Mor, Invernaver Nature Reserve

In 1985 a ground radar survey was conducted at Pol Na Maraich Mor in the invernaver Nature Reserve, Sutherland and the results were interpreted as possible evidence of Viking timber foundations. A fieldwalking exercise was carried out in 2004 as it was thought that coastal erosion may have exposed the structure. Fieldwalking was undertaken at 2m intervals on a grid system, covering an area of 6400m2. The exercise did not produce any evidence, either structural or in terms of artefacts, to support the interpretation of a Viking structure. Small pieces of worked flint and debitage were found, mainly around the high water line. It was also observed that small tussocks of vegetation appeared to be linear. <1>

<1> Duthie, S. et al, 2004, Pol Na Maraich Mor, Invernaver Nature Reserve, Farr, Sutherland: Fieldwalking (Text/Report/Fieldwork Report). SHG22243.