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Field Visit
Date 4 May 1994
Event ID 1006458
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1006458
A substantial grass-grown mound may be all that now survives of a structure associated with the souterrain previously recorded on the S flank of this low rise immediately to the SW. The mound, which lies on the crest of the rise on the E side of an old field-wall measures about 15m in diameter; it has been damaged by rabbit burrowing, and on the date of visit ; three sherds of pottery were recovered from the upcast from a rabbit scrape. The souterrain is aligned from N to S and survives in two sections, modern breaks provide access through the roof. The upper section measures 6m in length, and the lower 3.8m. These two sections have previously been interpreted as two separate souterrains, but it is clear from the survey that they belong to the same structure. Internally, the souterrain varies between 0.8m and 1.3m in breadth, and appears to narrow as the floor rises northwards towards the mound. Its sides are rock-cut, but in places stretches of stone walling survive, and the stone lintels of the roof are partly supported on at least three pairs of opposing stone piers set against the sides of the passage. On the surface, the course of the souterrain to the N is indicated by a U-shaped hollow in the SW side of the mound, but some of the disturbance around the souterrain is probably the spread of upcast material created when the trench for the passage was originally dug out.
(Canna 157-8)
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS, ARG), 4 May 1994
