 A Mesolithic hunter @-@ gatherer site dating to the 7th millennium BC at An Corran in <unk> is one of the oldest archaeological sites in Scotland . Its occupation is probably linked to that of the rock shelter at Sand , <unk> , on the mainland coast of <unk> Ross where tools made of a <unk> from An Corran have been found . <unk> of the area between the two shores of the Inner Sound and Sound of Raasay have revealed 33 sites with potentially Mesolithic deposits . Finds of <unk> <unk> on the foreshore at <unk> on the west coast of the island near Dunvegan also suggest Mesolithic occupation . These tools probably originate from the nearby island of Rum . 
