Breakthrough Iron Age finds

A CREMATION pit containing a human jaw bone and animal bones is one of a treasure trove of finds on an archaeological dig.

Other discoveries include a perfectly preserved hearth and worked bone, shell and pottery artefacts.

Archaeologists say the finds promise a breakthrough in understanding the pre-historic Hebridean.

The Iron Age site at Sloc Sabhaid on the tidal island of Baleshare, North Uist, was devastated by a storm in 2005 and Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion has been excavating and recording before it is lost.