Excavations at Bolsay Farm, a Mesolithic Settlement on Islay

Abstract

Bolsay Farm is a Mesolithic settlement on the Isle of Islay in Western Scotland. It is located at the foot of Benin Tart a'Mhill, 76m OD and c. 3km from the coast of Loch Indall in the Rhinns of Islay (NR 225573) (Fig. 1). The settlement was discovered in 1989 by the Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project (SHMP) and has been the subject of two seasons of excavation. This brief report describes these excavations and our current interpretation of the site. We begin by providing a summary of the aims and work of the SHMP to place the work at Bolsay Farm into its academic context. The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project (SHMP) The Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project was establ-ished in 1988 with the aim of making a regional study

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