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Multi-periodSite Name: Udal (Grenitote)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: North Uist Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Greinitobht
Map Ref: NF82387822
Latitude: 57.681274N Longitude: 7.331006W
Condition:
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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SandyG visited on 25th Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 1 Definitely a way from it all type of place in a stunning location.
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Some of the evidence at the site on North Uist was preserved by wind-blown sand dunes.
Archaeologist Ian Crawford excavated Udal between 1963 and 1995.
The earliest Neolithic layers he revealed consisted of a line of stones with a large upright stone nicknamed the great auk stone because of its resemblance to the extinct seabird.
A deep shaft containing quartz pebbles which had been covered over with a whale's vertebrae was also uncovered.
Evidence of a Viking longhouse and later occupation during the 1600s through to the 18th and 19th centuries were also found.
Source: BBC News
Note: Map reference given is for the Wheelhouse shown in the photos
Note: Grant for new research into Western Isles' sand dune-buried artefacts
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