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Cnoc Coig

Isle of Oronsay, Inner Hebrides

An ancient shell heap where Britain's last hunter-gatherers left their bones.

Cnoc Coig is a great mound of shells left by Mesolithic people who visited Oronsay around 6,500 years ago to gather shellfish, fish and hunt seals. Scattered human bones were found among the shells and animal bones.

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When
About 4500 BC
Where
56.0200, -6.2400
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

Oronsay is reached on foot across the tidal strand from Colonsay at low tide.

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