TY - JOUR AU - Coralie Mills AU - Anne Crone AU - Kevin Edwards AU - Graeme Whittington PY - 1995/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The excavation and environmental investigation of a sub-peat stone bank near Loch Portain, North Uist, Outer Hebrides JF - Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland JA - PSAS VL - 124 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.9750/PSAS.124.155.171 UR - http://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/article/view/9494 AB - Reports probing, excavation, microfossil analysis, and radiocarbon dating. Radiocarbon dates indicate construction in the first half of the first millennium BC. Pollen analysis revealed contemporary poor heath-grassland with no apparent arable farming. Microscopic charcoal evidence indicates burning activity in the second millennium BC. ER -