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Field Visit
Date April 1996 - May 1996
Event ID 1007717
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1007717
A revetted area, 4.0m broad and 9.0m long, is aligned north-west to south-east. A raised area is visible in the centre. Fragments of wall faces are visible, which are 1.0m broad and stand up to 0.5m high.
An enclosure, 42.0m by 30.0 m, is associated with this structure. The enclosure can be traced on three sides; stone walls are visible to the south and west and the northern side is defined by a broad bank. The east side of the enclosure could not be traced, because the area is now reed-covered. An entrance flanked by two gateposts is visible at the south-east of the enclosure. A later trackway runs east to west and cuts the enclosure, running to the north of the structure.
Cladh an Diseart is traditionally translated as the 'burial ground of the hermitage'. Antiquarian records indicate a square burial ground with a chapel. The gateway was originally supposed to have had a horizontal stone supported by the two uprights.
(ION96 018)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
