Open AccessLittleferry, Sutherland
Author(s) -
Richard Bradley,
Aaron Watson,
Ronnie Scott,
Annette Jack
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
proceedings of the society of antiquaries of scotland
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2056-743X
pISSN - 0081-1564
DOI - 10.9750/psas.147.1248
Subject(s) - prehistory , archaeology , period (music) , beaker , megalith , character (mathematics) , geography , submarine pipeline , history , geology , art , oceanography , aesthetics , geometry , mathematics
The paper considers the significance of one of the largest collections of earlier prehistoric artefacts associated with a Scottish dune system. It came from a narrow spit, formerly an offshore island, at the mouth of Loch Fleet and was dominated by large numbers of arrowheads dating from the Early Neolithic period and the Beaker phase. They seem to have been made there, and many were unfinished. The original findspots are inaccessible today, but a programme of field walking in the surrounding area confirmed their exceptional character. Perhaps this remote location was chosen as a production site because of the specialised roles played by the artefacts made there. The results of this project are compared with similar evidence from the Culbin and Luce Sands.