Monument record MHG5479 - Samhnan Insir, Rhum
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3770 0429 (14m by 14m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG30SE |
| Old County | ARGYLL |
| Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
Stray find on backshore of machair, NE aspect and altitude of 0-10m OD. Now in National Museums (RMS Acc No: ADL 337)
For adjacent pre-clearance settlement, see NG30SE0004.
SMR card.
NG30SE 2 377 043.
(NG 377 043) A number of artefacts from BA to modern date were found lying on the surface of the sand in the bottom of a hollow scooped out of the machair by the wind. These included a barbed-and-tanged arrowhead of bloodstone; six scrapers and three fabricators or 'strike-a-lights'; all of bloodstone; three scrapers of chert; a fabricator of flint; and waste flakes of bloodstone, chert, flint and quartz.
Lying on the same surface were three beads, of different types, numerous sherds of handmade pottery (undecorated), together with later material including two 18th century coins, fragments of iron and iron slag, lead shot, and bronze wire-headed pins. The site is adjacent to a small pre-clearance settlement.
G C David 1967
Find spot pointed out at NG 3776 043 by Mr P Wormell, Chief Warden of Rum Nature Reserve. Nothing of significance is visible on the ground. Finds made by a schoolboy in 1964.
Visited by OS (AA) 16 May 1972
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG1420 Text/Publication/Article: David, G C. 1967. 'Rhum; Sgor Reidh, Harris Beach, Glen Shellesder, Guirdil, Loch Scresort, Samhnan Insir', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1967, p.27-9. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 27-9. 29.
- --- SHG1772 Text/Publication/Article: Clarke, D V. 1969. 'Two jadeite axes and two arrowheads of Antrim porcellanite and Rhum bloodstone from Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 100 1967-8, p.185-8. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 185-8. 187-8.
- --- SHG2674 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1983. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Rhum, Lochaber District, Highland Region. . 8, No.13.
- --- SHG591 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1969. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 100 1967-8, p.201-5. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 201-5. 201, No.12.
- --- SHG594 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1974. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 103 1970-1, p.242-8. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 242-8. 243, Nos.12-13.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
