Kilpheder
Kilpheder (also Kilphedir , Gaelic Cille Pheadair ) is an administrative district in the southwest of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland . Kilpheder is two kilometers southwest of Daliburgh , on Loch Dun Na Cille , north of North Boisdale .
An Iron Age wheelhouse consisting of ten segments was excavated here in 1952 . In 1997, about one kilometer to the northwest, at Fairy Point ( Sithean Biorach , "Feenpunkt"), an Old Norse settlement from the 10th to 13th century was discovered, which consists of the remains of eleven stone buildings and was excavated. The excavations have revealed some notable artifacts made of steatite , as well as seeds, shards, a number of bones, two silver coins and an ornate gold strip. The Machair , the fertile coastal landscape, is under protection (SPA).
literature
- M. Brennand, M. Parker Pearson and H. Smith: The Norse age settlement and Pictish cairn at Kilpheder, South Uist. Excavations in 1998 . Sheffield. University of Sheffield Department of Prehistory and Archeology. 1998
- M. Brennand, M. Parker Pearson and H. Smith: The Viking age settlement at Kilpheder (Cille Pheadir), South Uist. Excavations in 1997 . Sheffield. University of Sheffield Department of Prehistory and Archeology. 1997
- Mike Parker Pearson, Mark Brennand, Jacqui Mulville, Helen Smith: Cille Pheadair: A Norse farmstead and Pictish burial cairn in South Uist . Oxford: Oxbow Books; 2018 ISBN 978-1-78570-851-0
Web links
- Cille Pheadair, South Uist on Archeology Hebrides
- The Viking settlement engl.
- Burial Cairn picture
Coordinates: 57 ° 9 ′ N , 7 ° 23 ′ W