CAVE BURIAL

Gazetteer of Caves, Fissures and Rock Shelters in Britain Containing Human Remains

Uamh an Eich Bhric

Also known as Fiskavaig 1

Excavation

2006-2010.

Curation

National Museum of Scotland

Burials

MNI: 1 (worked human bone).

Finds

Pottery, bronze artefacts, worked ivory, antler and bone, animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Roman14C date obtained directly on human remains

14C

1850 bp (SUERC-28068) on human bone

Field Glossary

Bracadale

Highland

Scotland

NGR: NG 3028 3264

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External References

National Monuments RecordNG36SW 2
Scottish Cave and Mine Database2216
RCAHMS Identification295995

Bibliography

Shapland, F. & Armit, I. 2012. The useful dead: bodies as objects in Iron Age and Norse Atlantic Scotland. European Journal of Archaeology 15: 98–116.

Wildgoose, M. & Birch, S. (2007) Uamh an Eich Bhric. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 8: 107.

Wildgoose, M. & Birch, S. (2008) Uamh an Eich Bhric. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 9: 99-100.

Wildgoose, M. & Birch, S. (2009) Uamh an Eich Bhric. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 10: 93.

Wildgoose, M. & Birch, S. (2010) Uamh an Eich Bhric. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 11: 88-89.

Article Author Graham Mullan