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STAOSNAIG, COLONSAY

Type of Site: Flint Scatter
NMRS Number: NR39SE 99

Location


Map reference: NR 387 933
Parish: Colonsay And Oronsay
Council: Argyll And Bute

Archaeology Notes

NR39SE 99 3875 9331

The site at Staosnaig was discovered by the Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project in 1989, after a small field had been plouhged. Sampling of the site by test pitting indicated two flint concentrations. The flint at Staosnaig is not as dense as at Gleann Mor (NR25NW 10) or Bolsay Farm (NR25NW 44), and it is believed that the site is a palimpsest of small camping sites made by groups of hunters visiting Colonsay. Preservation is poor due to recent farming activity but the remnants of two Mesolithic fireplaces were found.

S Mithen 1991.

Collection Summary

Photographs: 0
Drawings: 0
Manuscripts: 0
Other Material: 0

Bibliography


Mithen, S {et al.} ({1991} )
Prehistoric hunters in the Hebrides: an archaeological research project,
{Cambridge},