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Field Visit
Date 30 September 2020
Event ID 1148664
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1148664
The monument comprises an elongated, grass-covered mound measuring 33m by 17m by approximately 2m high likely to be the remains of a prehistoric burial cairn. A later shieling hut sits atop the mound and a second, similar hut is located to the immediate southeast. The monument is located on peat moorland at approximately 80m above sea level, on the east side of Lewis, some 400m inland from the coast.
The overall plan form of the mound is elongated and it comprises two conjoined elements – the main, sub-circular structure of the mound approximately 17m in diameter and with a shieling placed over it. An adjacent feature on lower ground to the southeast consists of the remains of a second shieling, covering an area of approximately 14m northwest to southeast by 11m transversely. This second shieling has probably reused drystone material from the original cairn.
Visited by HES Designations (A. Fulton) 30 September 2020
