Field Visit

Date 15 May 2021 - 12 July 2021

Event ID 1149817

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1149817

NB 4518 3868 The chambered cairn at Upper Coll (Canmore ID: 4298) is described as: “a roughly circular cairn, largely grass- covered but with cairn material exposed in the centre where it has been hollowed by robbing”

We would simply like to add that the “hollow” is in fact a shieling like structure, with low remains of walls running around the edge of the hollow in a sub-circular shape roughly 4 x 3m. Further evidence that this was a habitation at some point can be gleaned from the defined area of Feannagan that surrounds the cairn, visible on the aerial imagery.

Archive: NRHE and CNES SMR (intended)

Funder: Commun Eachdraidh Sgire a’ Bhac – Back Historical Society

Ian Mchardy – Back Historical Society – Commun Eachdraidh Sgire a’ Bhac (CEBAC)

(Source: DES Vol 22)