Megalithic Portal: Latest from South Uist, Scotland

Cladh Hallan

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:50:11 GMT

]]>DNA Analysis reveals "Frankenstein" Bog Mummies, one made from people who died a few hundred years apart. Round Houses in North Uist, found to contain evidence of the only known prehistoric mummies in the UK. Between 1989 and 2002 archaeologists had the opportunity to investigate two of these mounds on the machair, as they were being dug into for sand quarrying.

Dun Na Killie

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:45:09 GMT

. Dun in South Uist

Dun An Duichal

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:41:06 GMT

. Dun in South Uist

Kilpheder Wheelhouse

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:27:44 GMT

. Ancient Village or Settlement in South Uist

Dun Vulan Broch

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:23:34 GMT

]]>. Broch in South Uist

Dun in Loch na Muilne

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:56:04 GMT

]]>. Dun in Isle of Skye

Mummified bodies pickled in bog water, Carpentry dates back to Mesolithic

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:14:51 GMT

. The bodies of a man, a woman and a child, excavated from a bronze age site on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, were mummified by submersion in a peat bog, according to a report in the autumn issue of Antiquity.

An Carra

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 08:23:45 GMT

. An Carra is a 17 foot tall standing stone on the island of South Uist.

Crois Chnoca Breaca

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 08:23:45 GMT

]]>. Museum in South Uist

Ru Ardvule

Tue, 01 Oct 2002 20:55:38 GMT

]]>. A Row of Three Stones (Alignment) in South Uist. Very little can now be seen of this row. In 1914 the three stones were still visible - a 7' high standing stone and two fallen pillars - but by 1979 the windblown sand had covered all but the tip of the upright stone. Its position is now marked by a wooden post.