Totaig
Bait Hole(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Totaig
Classification Bait Hole(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11803
Site Number NG82NE 11
NGR NG 8736 2537
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11803
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenshiel
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG82NE 11 8736 2537.
A limestone rock, bearing some large and very deep cup-marks, which may be the result of weathering, juts out to the sea at Totaig Ferry (NG 8725).
T Wallace 1897.
This rock is situated at NG 8763 2537 at HWMOST, and the cirular impressions on it, up to 0.2m in diameter and 0.2m deep are natural, caused by the sea's action.
Visited by OS (N K B) 27 September 1966.
A coastal outcrop bearing about 20 circular hollows averaging 0.2m in diameter and 0.1m deep. They occur on a point beside deep water, obviously a good fishing site, and are probably weathered bait mortars. For a similar site on Carna Isle see NM65NW1.
Visited by OS (J M) 18 June 1974.
The site is as described by OS, 1974, except that the hollows appear slightly larger than indicated. A measured sample indicates a diameter of 24 to 27 cm and a depth of 14 to 18 cm. These may well be partly of human origin.
Visited by R B Gourlay, Highland Region Archaeologist, 12 July 1985.
