Excavations at Medieval Gearraidh Bhailteas (Garryvaltos), Milton

Five hand-dug trenches were excavated at the Scheduled Ancient Monument (5902; NMR no. NF72N.. 27) o..) Gearraidh Bhailteas (Garryvaltos) in June and July 1998. The site, comprising 12 visible sub-rectangular structures and three enclosures, had been noted during field survey by Andrew Fleming in 1992 and was interpreted as the remains of a possible multi-phased Medieval and early Post-Medieval settlement. The presence of inter-cutting buildings with a potentially unusual ‘chronological depth’ spanning the Lordship of the Isles to the unification with Scotland led Fleming to suggest that this was a site worthy of further investigation (see Chapter 3). The five