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Multi-periodSite Name: Sloc Sabhaid Alternative Name: Baile Sear, BaleshareCountry: Scotland County: North Uist Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Map Ref: NF781609
Latitude: 57.523349N Longitude: 7.379469W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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A team from St Andrews University has been investigating the roundhouses before they vanish in another storm. The wind and waves have already taken their toll and some parts have been lost.
Tom Dawson, of the group SCAPE (Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the problem of Erosion) is leading the community project, which is partly funded by Historic Scotland and will start work in about four weeks.
He said: "The structures are just sitting on the beach. There are thought to be two roundhouses. We believe they are Iron Age, making them 2,000 years old."
In May 2005, a hearth was visible in one of the houses, but by September that year it had been washed away. Two months later, strong winds helped to expose the top of a roundhouse wall, but by February 2006, wind and waves had caused it partly to collapse.
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Note: 3500-year-old basket excavated on North Uist beach
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