Excavation of a burnt mound and associated structures at Ceann nan Clachan, North Uist
Burnt Mounds, Burnt Mound, Cooking Place Smokehouse
Iron Age
Abstract
First excavation of a burnt mound site in the Western Isles, not thought to be part of a domestic site. Cellular building closely paralleled by a recently excavated building at Cladh Hallan in South Uist. Various possible funcions are suggested including cooking place, smoke-house, or sweat-lodge. There are notes on: