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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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
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.