Dail Mòr
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| Alternate name | Dalmore |
|---|---|
| Location | Isle of Lewis |
| Region | Scotland |
| Coordinates | 58°18′10″N 6°45′00″W / 58.302778°N 6.75°W |
| Type | Beach |
| History | |
| Founded | Bronze Age |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1982 |
| Archaeologists | Gerald Ponting, Margaret Ponting |
| Public access | Yes |
Dail Mòr (or Dalmore) is a hamlet situated in the Northside of Carloway, a major settlement on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. The hamlet has a beach and a cemetery. A small well kept car park is available for visitors as are picnic & public BBQ facilities. The beach is a known surf destination mentioned in numerous guidebooks. Note there is a strong rip current at the north end of the beach.
Despite its remoteness, five of the six houses in the village were connected to fibre broadband in November 2012.[1]
In August 2016, the Transocean Winner oil rig ran aground, on a headland just off Dalmore beach. The oil rig was being towed from Norway to Malta, when it became detached from the tug boat.[2]
Archaeology
Excavations were conducted at Dail Mòr in the autumn of 1982 by Gerald and Margaret Ponting when part of the sea wall collapsed near the beach. This was further excavated by Sharples and Curtis. Prehistoric stone structures were found and documented, suggested to be a dwelling, along with various artefacts left in place by Beaker culture with some earlier finds from the neolithic. These included tools made of bone or antler and pottery. A large number of flints and arrowheads found during excavations and on the beach nearby suggest the area may have been used for a workshop of their manufacture.[3] One noted artefact recovered was the Dalmore bone; a square-sectioned 34mm with perforation. Zig-zag markings just over 5mm apart on the bone were analysed by P.J. Scott and Margaret Ponting.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Stornoway Gazette
- ↑ "Drilling rig blown ashore in storms off Western Isles". BBC News. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- 1 2 Ian Armit; Historic Scotland (1996). The archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 92–. ISBN 978-0-7486-0640-5. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ↑ Archaeoastronomy, p. 563. Science History Publications. 1989. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ↑ Giulio Magli (28 May 2009). Mysteries and discoveries of archaeoastronomy: from Giza to Easter Island, p. 40. Springer. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-0-387-76564-8. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ↑ Clive Ruggles (13 February 2003). Records in Stone: Papers in Memory of Alexander Thom. Cambridge University Press. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-521-53130-6. Retrieved 20 July 2011.