Field Visit
Date 13 August 2015
Event ID 1010358
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010358
What has been interpreted recently as a burnt mound (Moore and Thomas 2008, 9, fig. 3) is situated in rough pasture 100m SE of the cairn at Kyarl. The remains, which have been truncated by coastal erosion on the ENE, consist of a grass-grown, circular bank up to 3.5m thick and 0.8m high, enclosing an area measuring about 13.4m in diameter overall. Two edge-set stones mark the inner edge of the bank on the N, while an amorphous mound is situated at the centre of the ring. A second, smaller tump (also interpreted as a burnt mound by Moore and Thomas) is situated 8m SW.
These remains have proved difficult to classify, having been interpreted as 'the footings of a drystone structure' (OS 1967), or the vestiges of a 'probable roundhouse' (RCAHMS 1982). It is also unclear whether they represent one of the circular structures noted in passing by Mooney (1923, 32), or the third ‘primitive building’ recorded by RCAHMS in 1929 near Little Kyarl (RCAHMS 1946, 234), as these sites are located with a lack of precision.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 13 August 2015
Moore and Thomas 2008, Site 12
