The SEARCH (Sheffield Environmental and Archaeological Research
Campaign in the Hebrides) project began in 1987 and covers the
Scotland's Outer Hebrides. The aim of the project is to investigate
how human societies adapted in the long-term to the isolated
environment of the Outer Hebrides. The first major excavation on
South Uist discovered that what was thought to be a shell midden at
Cill Donnain was in fact a wheelhouse, a type of dwelling used in
the period c.300 BC- AD 500; under which lay the remains of a
Bronze Age settlement. This settlement was partly investigated by
Marik Zvelebil in 1991 and then later by Mike Parker Pearson and
Kate MacDonald in 2003. The site itself is situated at the foot of
a high steep-sided dune on the eastern edge of a large sand valley,
close to the western shore of Loch Cill Donnain. The archaeological
report of the excavation at the Cill Donnain wheelhouse shows that,
in comparison with contemporary neighbouring settlements, it was
unlikely that each was an independent unit and that they were
linked by social and economic inter-dependency. The wheelhouse thus
provides striking new evidence that contributes to developing
theories about the social, material and economic life in the
period. This volume presents the extensive archaeological evidence
found at the site, including pottery, faunal remains and a variety
of bone and metal tools, illustrating that the Cill Donnain
landscape is rich in archaeological sites of all periods from the
Beaker to the post-Medieval.
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