Re-excavation of an Iron Age wheelhouse and earlier structure at Eilean Maleit, North Uist
Armit, Ian
Armit, Ian
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1998
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Excavations were carried out on the tidal islet settlement of Eilean Maleit, previously excavated by
Erskine Beveridge in the early part of this century, to test the hypothesis that the site represented a
wheelhouse built into an earlier Atlantic roundhouse or broch. It is clear from the re-excavation that
the wheelhouse was indeed set into an earlier massive-walled dry stone structure, probably an Atlantic
roundhouse but almost certainly not a classic broch tower. The denuded condition of this early
structure when the wheelhouse was built suggests that a significant period of time may have elapsed
between the occupation of the two structures. Publication of this work is sponsored by Historic
Scotland.
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Armit, I. (1998). Re-excavation of an Iron Age wheelhouse and earlier structure at Eilean Maleit, North Uist. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 128, pp. 255-271.
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