31669: ALINE, LOCH SEAFORTH – OCCUPATION SITE? (Prehistoric – 10,000 BC to 1 BC)
Summary:
OCCUPATION SITE? (Prehistoric – 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Possible prehistoric occupation site under peat
Location:
NB 20 12
Full description:
NB21SW 1 20 12.
"At Athline (Aline (2) : NB 2012) on the shores of Loch Seaforth, I came upon the ashes of a fire that had been made of sticks, upon what has been a naked rock, but which is now covered to a depth of ten feet of peat"
F W L Thomas 1870; Name Book 1849.
No further information.
Visited by OS (N K B) 26 June 1969.
References:
Original Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 116, 17
1866-8. ‘On the primitive dwellings and hypogea of the Outer Hebrides’, Proc Soc Antiq Scot. Part No 7. 194
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Occupation Site
- Period:
- Prehistoric (10,000 BC – 1 BC)
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE4140
- Record Maintained by:
- CECL