Coll, Sorisdale
Findspot (Period Unknown), Brooch (Bronze)(Period Unknown), Lithic Implement(S) (Stone)(Period Unknown), Pin(S) (Bone)(Period Unknown), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)(Period Unknown), Unidentified Pottery (Period Unknown)
Site Name Coll, Sorisdale
Classification Findspot (Period Unknown), Brooch (Bronze)(Period Unknown), Lithic Implement(S) (Stone)(Period Unknown), Pin(S) (Bone)(Period Unknown), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)(Period Unknown), Unidentified Pottery (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 21696
Site Number NM26SE 12
NGR NM 273 638
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21696
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Coll
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM26SE 12 273 638.
NM 273 638. A collection of flint and stone tools, found by Mr John Crawford in a small area of sand-blow at Rubha Sgor-innis, has been donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS). They were found eroding from the old land surface in a small patch, and there is some likelihood that they are contemporary. A detailed description of the tools is given; the stone artifacts are bevelled pebbles - 'limpet-hammer', which have been found elsewhere in Mesolithic contexts; no features clearly diagnostic of date were noted in the flint assemblage.
A number of other artifacts from the dunes at Sorisdale (which lie to the S and W of Rubha Sgor-innis) were also donated to the NMAS; among them were many sherds of pottery, including beakers. A bronze ring-brooch and two bone pins from here were retained by Mr Crawford.
J Close-Brooks and J N G Ritchie 1980.