Field Visit

Date April 2017

Event ID 1039037

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1039037

NR 82990 99085 (centred on) A walkover survey was undertaken, April 2017, in advance of woodland planting. All the archaeological sites identified within the area should be preserved in situ and protected from damage by a buffer zone.

NR 82830 99750 – Clearance cairn (6 x 5m, 0.5m high).

Bracken covered rounded cobbles located on flat, previously cultivated ground.

NR 82753 99804 – Clearance cairn (3 x 2m, 0.20m high). Located over bedrock exposure.

NR 82768 99836 – Clearance cairn (1x 2m, 0.1m high). Located over bedrock exposure.

NR 82854 99809 – Clearance cairn – Irregular clearance scattered over rock outcrop.

NR 82876 99819 – Bank (1m wide and 0.3m high), oriented N/S.

NR 82976 99894 – Structure (30m long, 6m wide). Stone built ruin, S end almost intact, gable ended. N end barely visible. Number of different buildings. Enclosure on E side (outwith boundary). Mortared walls. Window and doorway blocked up. Fireplace. On 1st Edition OS map.

NM 82910 00037 – Shallow U-shaped stone quarry (20 x 10m).

NM 82943 00089 – Bank (0.9m wide and 0.5m high), oriented E/W. The bank runs across the site.

NM 83179 00330 – Pond/sluice – Shown on 1st Edition OS map. Metal rods of sluice visible.

NM 832235 00378 – Stone and earthen wall, oriented NNE/ SSW (0.9m wide and 0.2m high).

NM 83530 00675 – Clearance cairn (10 x 3m) with remains of twinning pen within.

NM 83521 00592 – Curvilinear bank (2m wide and 0.5m high), better preserved further to the W.

NM 83431 00423 – Rectangular enclosure (1m wide and 0.6m high). Boulder wall, single boulder high.

NM 83390 00543 – Rock quarry, old rock face, spoil on E side.

NM 83471 00606 – Bank (1.2m wide and 1 cobble high).

Faint earthen and stone bank, made from large cobbles. Runs S to wall at NM 83449 00577.

NM 83544 00781 – Clearance cairn (3 x 4m, 0.2m high). Set against ridge of bedrock.

NM 83549 00828 – Quarry for track, located at end of a ridge of rock.

NM 83456 00794 – Two standing stones as described on Canmore.

NM 83386 00685 – Very large burial cairn, as described on Canmore. Early modern twinning pen within the cairn. A wall runs just to the S of the cairn.

NM 83365 00634 – Clearance cairn, 5 x 1m, 0.3m high.

NM 83384 00608 – Clearance cairn, 4 x 4m, 0.7m high.

NM 83383 00589 – Stone and earthen field boundary (1 stone high, 0.7m wide), oriented E/W.

NM 83300 00785 – Previously identified as cup-marked rock – natural, 1 cup 6 x 6mm on glacial boulder. None of the others as in Canmore description are visible.

NM 83706 00799 – Wall (0.5 x 0.4m) Ruined stone wall. Oriented ESE/WNW.

Funder: Scottish Woodlands Ltd

Clare Ellis – Argyll Archaeology

(Source: DES, Volume 18)