Go to the Main Scottish Cave and Mine Database Search Page
Sand Cave
Applecross, Wester Ross.
| NGR: | NG 68520 49120 |
| WGS84: | 57.47307, -5.86238 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | Not recorded |
| Geology: | Not recorded |
| Tags: | Cave, Archaeo |
| Registry: | main |
Small Cave or rock-shelter under detached sandstone block (originally part of bedrock).
Alternative Names: Sand 4
Notes: APPLECROSS SANDSTONE FISSURES NGR NG 6858 4944 1" OS 25 Applecross, Wester Ross
See also Sandstone Fissures on the Applecross Peninsular, Wester Ross by Steven Birch. GSG Bulletin, Series 3, Vol. 5, No. 4 (2000), pp 25-27 (S).
Links and Resources:
- Caves of Scotland Bibliography. Log Entry Vol 27 No 090903
- GSG Bulletin 3rd Series, Vol. 5, No. 4 (2000), p.25-27.
- Finlayson, B, Wickham-Jones & Hardy K, 1999 Scotland's First Settlers. Data Structure Report. Centre for Field Archaeology, Edinburgh.
- Hardy, K., 2015, Variable Use of Coastal Resources in Prehistoric and Historic Periods in Western Scotland in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 19 Nov. 2015. , pp. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13.
- Austin, P. 2009. The wood charcoal macro-remains from Mesolithic midden deposits at Sand, Applecross. In Mesolithic and Later Sites Around the Inner Sound, Scotland: The Scotland's First Settlers Project 1998-2004 (K. Hardy and C. R. Wickham-Jones, eds.). Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 31: section 3.15. www.sair.org.uk/
- Hardy, K. 2009a. Excavation at Sand rockshelter. In Mesolithic and Later Sites Around the Inner Sound, Scotland: The Scotland's First Settlers Project 1998-2004 (K. Hardy and C. R. Wickham-Jones, eds.): section 3.2.Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 31.http://www.sair.org.uk/
- Hardy, K. 2009b. Worked and modified shell from Sand. In Mesolithic and Later Sites Around the Inner Sound, Scotland: The Scotland's First Settlers Project 1998-2004. (K. Hardy and C. R. Wickham-Jones, eds.):section 3.5.Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 31. www.sair.org.uk/
- Milner, N. 2009a. Mesolithic middens and marine molluscs, procurement and consumption of shellfish at the site of Sand. In Mesolithic and ater Sites Around the Inner Sound, Scotland: The Scotland's First Settlers Project 1998-2004 (K. Hardy and C. R. Wickham-Jones, eds.): section 3.12. Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 31. www.sair.org.uk/
This entry was last updated: 2018-11-05 18:51:40
Errors or omissions in this information? Submit corrections/additions/comments for this entry to the registrars.