Site Event/Activity record EWE47 - Scarista, Harris: Historic Scotland Human Remains Call-off Contract Excavation & Survey

Location

Location Scarista Beag, Harris
Grid reference NG 00730 93019 (point)
Map sheet NG09SW
Island Harris
Parish HARRIS, Western Isles

Technique(s)

Organisation

AOC Archaeology Group

Date

Not recorded.

Map

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Map layers

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Tools

Description

Salvage excavation, collection of stray finds and survey of adjacent areas following the discovery of erodingMid Iron Age human remains

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology Group. 2004. Scarista, Harris: Historic Scotland Human Remains Call-off Contract Excavation & Survey.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Council for Scottish Archaeology. 2004. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. New Series, Volume 5.
  • --- Article in serial: Martin Cook et al. 2018. Recently excavated Iron Age burials from the Western Isles the Western Isles.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Scaristadh Beag, Harris (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Sep 17 2026 12:14PM

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