Monument record 1170 - DUNSKELLOR, NORTH UIST

NF87NW 8 805 756 and 805 757.

(Area: NF 806 756) There is a thin but typical stratum of kitchen-midden material, in which have been found fragments of crude ornamented pottery, in the steep west edge of Skellor burial-ground. The layer shows at intervals for many yards to the north.
Westwards from the graveyard, at the north base of the long natural terrace, were found flints, hammerstones, part of an antler, bone pins and Viking-type iron rivets etc., but to the east nothing of interest was discovered. (E Beveridge 1911)
A spheroidal bone box fitted with a stopper, found here, is in the NMAS. E Beveridge 1911; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1922.

There is a considerable scatter of midden material (shell deposits only) in the areas centred at NF 805 757 and NF 805 756.
Visited by OS (R D) 20 June 1965.

Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 234-5 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.

PSAS, 1921-2, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 16 (Bibliographic reference). SWE9178.