Alternative Names Sorisdale Bay
Site type ROCK CUT BOWL (POSSIBLE)
Canmore ID 271143
Site Number NM26SE 29
NGR NM 2719 6266
Council ARGYLL AND BUTE
Parish COLL
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District ARGYLL AND BUTE
Former County ARGYLL

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Archaeological Notes

NM26SE 29 Centred on NM 2717 6266

A survey was undertaken of rock-cut basins found adjacent to natural harbours and landing places around the island of Coll at elevations of 0.5-2m above MHWS. This activity forms part of a general ongoing survey of the Western Isles and elsewhere of such basins by members of the Coll Archaeology Association.
The basins vary in diameter from 75-220mm and from 10-140mm deep. They are generally circular and appear to have been formed in the hard Lewisian gneiss rock by a controlled rotating grinding action. Most groups include a single large basin set aside from the others. The others vary in size from those that have just been started, up to some approaching the size of the larger attendant single basin.

NM 27203 62674 Ruhba Bagh na Coille 5 basins
NM 27185 62650 Sorisdale Bay 7 basins

Sponsors: Coll Archaeology Association, HLF
J Hill 2003

Hill, J (2003a) 'Isle of Coll (Coll parish), survey', Discovery Excav Scot, vol.4
Page(s): 29