Prehistoric Settlement at Cladh Hallan, near Daliburgh, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. A terrace of three prehistoric houses have been excavated, but these are only a small part of the total settlement. The settlement was in use for around 600 years, c.1000BC - 400BC. This site is famous for being the first place in the British Isles where evidence of prehistoric mummification was found. The site was found to be well preserved in the wind blown shell sand (non acidic), heavy environmental sampling was carried out which when the final report is published should give a fantastic insight into the diet and environment of the people who lived here.
For further information see: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/research/cladh-hallan/index
The Megalithic Portal website has some photos which I took while excavating at Cladh Hallan in 2001: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17631
Photographed: 27 August 2018 Model created: January 2019 using Agisoft MetaScape (standard)
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