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Field Visit
Date 28 September 2015
Event ID 1007545
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1007545
In concurrence with Canmore descriptions, there indeed was a large drystone building on the site, round in nature, but with what is left it is difficult to speculate its true nature though together with evidence of an internal cell NE and again SE, which may be the remains of an entrance, it does suggest Iron Age in origin. An estimation of size based on what is left is an original structure 10.5m in diameter though this too is difficult if the external walls have been robbed out which may be the case. If a broch originally enclosed what appears to be this secondary structure then it would have been quite small as it appears a max diameter of 20 metres buildable space on site measured from SE to NW, its shortest point. The drop to the sea floor on either side makes it questionable whether even during a period of lower sea levels the build space would support a structure of any great size. The causeway connecting it appears to be a natural tombolo but during the period of possible construction it was likely connected directly to the land, no evidence of a man-made causeway found.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 28 September 2015
