Colonsay, Cnoc Nan Gall
Burial (Viking)(Possible), Animal Remains (Viking)(Possible), Nail(S) (Viking)(Possible)
Site Name Colonsay, Cnoc Nan Gall
Classification Burial (Viking)(Possible), Animal Remains (Viking)(Possible), Nail(S) (Viking)(Possible)
Canmore ID 37922
Site Number NR39SE 46
NGR NR 358 932
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37922
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Colonsay And Oronsay
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR39SE 46 c. 358 932
See also NR39SE 26 and NR39SE 47.
The name Cnoc nan Gall applies to an area of machair formerly used as a golf course. There is no local knowledge of this discovery, but see NR39SE 26 and NR39SE 47 for other burials in this area.
Visited by OS, 20 April 1974.
Field Visit (June 1978)
NR c. 358 932. In 1902 a number of iron clench-nails, a human tooth and a horse tooth were found in the sand-dunes at Cnoc nan Gall; the assemblage has been described as the remains of a Viking burial, but the circumstances of its discovery make it impossible to be certain (The Glasgow Herald, 7 August 1936; Ritchie 1982, 263, 278-9). The objects are preserved in Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum.
RCAHMS 1984, visited June 1978.
