Field Visit

Date 2003

Event ID 1039506

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

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NR 9178 5046 Sites identified during an archaeological survey on Arran and Jura by the ACFA.

Cairn (Feature 1) - Almost circular in plan being 7.0m from north to south but smaller at 6.0m from east to west.

Standing Stone (Feature 2) - Almost square in section with a flat top steeply splayed to one edge. It is 0.75m high on that side, its tallest and 0.60m high on the opposite side, its lowest.

Possible Fallen Stone (Feature 3) - A large slab 2.0m by 1.0m and 0.30m thick lying toppled with the suggestion of a socket hole from which it may have fallen.

Stone Setting and Field (Feature 4). Some 20m to the northwest of the cairn is a slightly sunken grassy area 40m long by 15m wide. A shape outlined in stones, is situated at the northwest end of the 'field'.

Stone Setting (Feature 5). On the north side of the field, four stones have been placed against the northeast edge. The other stones do not form an obvious shape but might well have been a shieling or stance.

Possible Shieling Foundations (Feature 6). On the south side of the field, the irregular remains of a structure lie close to the southern edge. It is thought to be the remains of a simple shieling. Stretching to the north east from the cairn for some 50m are the remains of a bank about 0.50m high.

Anne Wood and Scott Wood, 2003.