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Jura, Glengarrisdale

Occupation Site (Mesolithic), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)

Site Name Jura, Glengarrisdale

Classification Occupation Site (Mesolithic), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)

Alternative Name(s) Glen Garrisdale

Canmore ID 38668

Site Number NR69NW 4

NGR NR 643 968

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Jura
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

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Excavation (1979 - 1980)

NR69NW 4 643 968

A second excavation on the west coast of north Jura confirmed a Jura Phase 3 (final Mesolithic) occupation overlying a Phase 2 site, the latter probably late in the period. Carbon dating of a typologically similar Phase 3 site on the east coast suggested a late fourth-millennium occupation; carbon dating was not possible at Glengarrisdale. This west coast site did not unfortunately provide a single undisturbed occupation but useful confirmation was obtained of Jura's third microlithic phase, hitherto only known on the east coast.

J Mercer and S Searight 1986.

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