Field Visit
Date 19 March 1993
Event ID 1113337
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1113337
A knoll which may be the site of an island dwelling is situated on the S shore of Loch Ruthven. It is divided from the shore by what is now a dry ditch, but this may be relic of the lowering of the water-level in the loch in the 19th century, when a canal was built at its W end (OS 1972). The knoll does not display any clear evidence of settlement.
The stony bank of insubstantial proportions that runs around the NW and SE quadrants may indicate that the knoll was enclosed, possibly for cultivation since there are some traces of cultivation furrows. An island settlement is shown on Pont's map (Blaeu 1654) and it is not impossible that this was the site of the settlement in question.
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 19 March 1993.
