‘Glasgow Museums holds archaeological material which was found by chance by a member of the public in the late 1970’s. The material was found eroding out of sand dunes towards the east end of Salum Bay on the island of Tiree in Argyll.
In the early 2000’s, EASE Archaeology, and researchers from the University of Reading, have undertaken surveys and recording work in that area which has confirmed that there is a complex set of archaeological features and deposits present, at various depths. Recording of the eroded section on the seaward side of the dunes, and of the artefacts and non-artefactual objects which had eroded out of it, confirmed that the site is Iron Age in date.
The archaeological material held by Glasgow Museums comprises mainly potsherds, but also animal bones (some of which are worked), a bird bone, daub fragments, a stone disc, a possible smoother, a polisher, an iron fragment, and a spindle whorl. These are probably all Iron Age in date and are consistent with the types and range of objects which would normally be found in a settlement site of that period. In addition to these are further potsherds which probably came from Food Vessels of the Early Bronze Age period, attesting to earlier use of the same area for burial.
For more information and associated archives, please refer to Canmore, the online catalogue of Scotland’s archaeology, buildings, industrial and maritime heritage.’

Collection dates 1978 and 1979