33059: TRAIGH TEINISH – MIDDEN (Undated)

Summary:

MIDDEN (Undated)
Midden

Location:

NB 116 352

Full description:

no. 23
this is a 1m thick, buried, organic-rich soil on th eroding beach front of Traigh Teinish. A sterile sand overlies a stained brown sand which in turn overlies a black organic soil over bedrock. There are indications of collapsed stonework in section.
Armit 1992, 50

References:

Ian Armit. 1992. CFA, University of Edinburgh Archaeological Field Survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) Peninsula, Lewis.
1994. ‘Archaeological field survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) peninsula, Lewis’, Proc Soc Antiq Scot. Part No 124. No.23
Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael. 1997. 2 volumes, surveyed 1996, covering the 100m above the high tide line, and the intertidal zone. Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland.

Acknowledgement:

Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.