SAIR 29:A Bronze Age Burial from Pabay Mor, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles

by Rachel Barrowman and Lorna Innes
with contributions from Paul Duffy, Gavin MacGregor and Beverley Ballin-Smith and illustrations by John Arthur

Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD), Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Hillhead, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, tel 0141 330 5541

ISBN 978 09039 0398 1

Published in June 2009 by The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, in association with The Council for British Archaeology and Historic Scotland, in Adobe Acrobat format. Available free of charge (see Terms & Conditions of Use).

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In 2002 human remains were reported eroding from a section of sandy cliff on the eastern side of the island of Pabay Mor, Isle of Lewis. Subsequent excavation of the site was undertaken by GUARD, as part of the Historic Scotland Human Remains Call-off Contract. This revealed a burial of a mature male of approximately 50–59 years of age, placed in a grave adjacent to a marker stone. The burial was crouched and aligned north–south and accompanied by a small undecorated pot, a polished stone and a pumice polisher. A radiocarbon date of 1450–1290 cal BC (GU-13838) was obtained from human bone from the burial. A second, infant, individual, represented only by a fragment of mandible, was identified from disarticulated remains found at the burial.

The project has been funded by Historic Scotland.

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