Condition

3
Cemetery
Bronze Age, Norse
4003
MWE4003
Na h-Eileanan Siar

Description

An extensive burial complex with burials from the Bronze Age and Norse period. For the Norse burials see site record 2193. A Bronze Age kerbed cairn was excavated in the 1970s. It was constructed on top of a ploughed soil. Three phases of burial were found during the original excavation; a D-shaped cairn with a well-defined kerb, containing an inhumation in a short cist, a later intrusive small corbelled cist containing a cremation urn, and a kerb cairn with two concentric kerbs, built over the earlier structures, containing a cremation burial. A further corbelled cist was found during excavations in 1992. Further work in 2009 uncovered a short cist containing an inhumation burial and a sandy mound partially revetted by a stone kerb which contained the remains of at least three individuals. A shell midden has been recorded in association with this cairn. ShoreUPDATE 10/05/2016 As described, this site is being actively managed and has been enclosed to prevent further visitor erosion. The area is now recovering and becoming re-vegetated.

Location

109950.00
936390.00
27700
58.2204437
-6.9416761

Submitted photographs

Image Date Caption User
Cairn and partially vegetated section of blow out 10/05/2016 Cairn and partially vegetated section of blow out training1
Cairn and partially vegetated section of blow out
Section of blow out partially vegetated 10/05/2016 Section of blow out partially vegetated training1
Section of blow out partially vegetated
General view of blow out 10/05/2016 General view of blow out training1
General view of blow out
General view of blow out area in cemetery 10/05/2016 General view of blow out area in cemetery training1
General view of blow out area in cemetery

Submitted updates

Update id Date User
2678 10/05/2016 training1
Tidal state Mid
Site located? Yes
Proximity to coast edge 11-50m
Coastally eroding? active wind erosion (in dunes only)
Threats animal burrows
Visibility above ground Highly visible (substantial remains)
Visibility in section Clearly visible in section
Access easily accessible - no restrictions; vehicular access
Local knowledge is well known
Description An extensive burial complex with burials from the Bronze Age and Norse period. For the Norse burials see site record 2193. A Bronze Age kerbed cairn was excavated in the 1970s. It was constructed on top of a ploughed soil. Three phases of burial were found during the original excavation; a D-shaped cairn with a well-defined kerb, containing an inhumation in a short cist, a later intrusive small corbelled cist containing a cremation urn, and a kerb cairn with two concentric kerbs, built over the earlier structures, containing a cremation burial. A further corbelled cist was found during excavations in 1992. Further work in 2009 uncovered a short cist containing an inhumation burial and a sandy mound partially revetted by a stone kerb which contained the remains of at least three individuals. A shell midden has been recorded in association with this cairn. ShoreUPDATE 10/05/2016 As described, this site is being actively managed and has been enclosed to prevent further visitor erosion. The area is now recovering and becoming re-vegetated.
Very close monitoring and continued management
1866 15/11/2014 smoricebroom
Tidal state Mid
Site located? Yes
Proximity to coast edge 11-50m
Coastally eroding? active sea erosion; active wind erosion (in dunes only)
Threats stock erosion; vegetation growth; animal burrows; visitor erosion; structural damage/decay
Other threats Now fenced to prevent more stock erosion
Visibility above ground Highly visible (substantial remains)
Visibility in section Limited visibility in section
Access accessible on foot (no footpath)
Local knowledge is well known; is well visited; has local associations/history
Description An extensive burial complex with burials from the Bronze Age and Norse period. For the Norse burials see site record 2193. A Bronze Age kerbed cairn was excavated in the 1970s. It was constructed on top of a ploughed soil. Three phases of burial were found during the original excavation; a D-shaped cairn with a well-defined kerb, containing an inhumation in a short cist, a later intrusive small corbelled cist containing a cremation urn, and a kerb cairn with two concentric kerbs, built over the earlier structures, containing a cremation burial. A further corbelled cist was found during excavations in 1992. Further work in 2009 uncovered a short cist containing an inhumation burial and a sandy mound partially revetted by a stone kerb which contained the remains of at least three individuals. A shell midden has been recorded in association with this cairn.
Photograph yearly to monitor erosion from different views. Already had rescue excavation++

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