Condition

2
Deflation hollow with artefact scatters
Iron Age
37525
2128
Argyll and Bute

Description

In an eroding exposure in the dunes behind the beach and to the S side of a watercourse, there are scatters of shell, burnt stone, animal bone and unworked flint. A single pot sherd and a single struck flint flake were also noted (but not recovered). This area has previously yielded numerous stray artefacts of prehistoric type and it is likely that further in-situ archaeological deposits survive nearby. The scatters noted during this survey all lay among deflation surfaces. To the peripheries of the deflation hollow, a layer of dark grey humic soil, an old ground surface, has been exposed in section. This is likely to be the layer from which the artefact scatters derive. It lies between 1m and 1.5m below the modern ground surface. The floor of the deflation hollow now lies some 0.5m or more beneath the base of this layer and thus it is probable that no in-situ remains survive within this area. It is highly likely, however, that this deposit extends beyond the deflated area. The area should be kept under regular surveillance for the appearance of new exposures of old ground surface and associated archaeological deposits. An exposure of OGS is located at NR 23537 71179, although no features of archaeological interest were noted. RCAHMS, Canmore. ShoreUPDATE 25 June 2015 Worked flints (including burnt flint), small fragments of degraded pottery, shell and animal bone were found on the sandy surface near the southern edge of the recorded site. The site is largely as described, though a further anthropogenic deposit was noted lower down in the sequence, beneath the layer of blown sand which underlies the OGS seen higher up in the section. It seems unlikely that artefacts noted came from the upper OGS seen in section, but from this lower disturbed surface currently visible.

Location

123552.00
670998.00
27700
55.8526802
-6.4188218

Submitted photographs

Image Date Caption User
Sanaigmore Bay - flints recovered from deflation surface 26/06/2015 Sanaigmore Bay - flints recovered from deflation surface training1
Sanaigmore Bay - flints recovered from deflation surface
Sanaigmore Bay general landscape view 26/06/2015 Sanaigmore Bay general landscape view training1
Sanaigmore Bay general landscape view
Sanaigmore Bay general view towards the coast 26/06/2015 Sanaigmore Bay general view towards the coast training1
Sanaigmore Bay general view towards the coast
Sanaigmore Bay general view of area of deflation 26/06/2015 Sanaigmore Bay general view of area of deflation training1
Sanaigmore Bay general view of area of deflation
Sanaigmore Bay general view 26/06/2015 Sanaigmore Bay general view training1
Sanaigmore Bay general view
Sanaigmore Bay - flints recovered from deflation surface 26/06/2015 Sanaigmore Bay - flints recovered from deflation surface training1
Sanaigmore Bay - flints recovered from deflation surface

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