Baca na Putain settlement mound, Balinoe
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This settlement mound is in Balinoe. An incised bone pin was found in 2015. Calluna Archaeology did a limited excavation here in 2018. The pin, a loom weight, sherds, a polishing stone and a fishing line anchor weight have been sent to Treasure Trove.
Cnoc nam Putan, Tiree
Fieldwalking
John Holliday
NL 98497 42166 Fieldwalking, 1 May – 1 October 2017, has identified a mound 300m from the shore. An exposure to the N has revealed a deep horizon of peat ash from which
has fallen a boar’s tusk, a sharpening stone, a possible boat rivet, butchered bones, charcoal and an incised bone pin. Another exposure to the E reveals a layer of large stones, fishbones and fire cracked stones. A 90mm long bone pin shank fragment, which had fallen from the exposure in a lump of peat ash, has a flattened point on which is a two-
strand twist pattern.
Archive: An Iodhlann (the bone pin is with Treasure Trove)
(Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (2017) 18, p. 62)
The fishing line weight is shown.
Cnoc nam Putan, Tiree
Fieldwalking
John Holliday
NL 98497 42166 Fieldwalking, 1 May – 1 October 2017, has identified a mound 300m from the shore. An exposure to the N has revealed a deep horizon of peat ash from which
has fallen a boar’s tusk, a sharpening stone, a possible boat rivet, butchered bones, charcoal and an incised bone pin. Another exposure to the E reveals a layer of large stones, fishbones and fire cracked stones. A 90mm long bone pin shank fragment, which had fallen from the exposure in a lump of peat ash, has a flattened point on which is a two-
strand twist pattern.
Archive: An Iodhlann (the bone pin is with Treasure Trove)
(Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (2017) 18, p. 62)
The fishing line weight is shown.
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https://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bac-na-Putain-Northlight-report-2018-copy.pdfhttps://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Balinoe-dating-copy.pdfhttps://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BLN11-scaled.jpghttps://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Balinoe-botanical-report-copy.dochttps://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BLN14.copy1JPG-scaled.jpgfile:///Users/johnholliday/Downloads/DES18_FINAL_300dpi-3.pdfhttps://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TT-48.23-CA004_DSR_Balinoe-2019.pdfhttps://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Baca-na-Putain-fishing-weight-scaled.jpg
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