Uist Archaeology

Uist Archaeology will be hosting two sessions as part of the events organised for International Womens Day. The events will take place at Lionacleit School on Saturday 6th March.

Uist Archaeology is also hosting a series of archaeology classes at the Claddach Kirkibost Centre, North Uist. These will take place on Saturday 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th of November between 1pm and 3pm. The final class will be a field trip on Saturday 5th December.

A series of weekend archaeology events for kids took place at Baile Sear beach, North Uist last month. The children took part in the excavation of what appeared to be an Iron Age wheelhouse. Having cleared an area of shingle, the children exposed an area of deep floor deposits abutting a possible pier. Large amounts of animal bone and pottery were recovered from the floor deposits. Small finds included an almost complete pot and a single piece of flint. The pottery included wavy cordon decorations and everted rim ware indicating Middle Iron Age and Early-Later Iron Age dates. As well as excavation, the children learnt how to record, photograph and plan in situ archaeology and to process archaeological finds. The event was paid for by the Cultural co-ordinator service as part of CNES education department.

Uist Archaeology will be hosting archaeology classes in South Uist in November. The classes will be held at the Cothrom centre, Ormiclate, on Saturday 21st and 28th November, and will include field trips.

Anyone interested in attending should contact Cothrom on 01870 700910.