Breakthrough Iron Age finds
A CREMATION pit containing a human jaw bone and animal bones is one of a treasure trove of finds on an archaeological dig.
Other discoveries include a perfectly preserved hearth and worked bone, shell and pottery artefacts.
Archaeologists say the finds promise a breakthrough in understanding the pre-historic Hebridean.
The Iron Age site at Sloc Sabhaid on the tidal island of Baleshare, North Uist, was devastated by a storm in 2005 and Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion has been excavating and recording before it is lost.
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