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Field Visit
Date 15 May 2021 - 12 July 2021
Event ID 1149817
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1149817
NB 4518 3868 The chambered cairn at Upper Coll (Canmore ID: 4298) is described as: “a roughly circular cairn, largely grass- covered but with cairn material exposed in the centre where it has been hollowed by robbing”
We would simply like to add that the “hollow” is in fact a shieling like structure, with low remains of walls running around the edge of the hollow in a sub-circular shape roughly 4 x 3m. Further evidence that this was a habitation at some point can be gleaned from the defined area of Feannagan that surrounds the cairn, visible on the aerial imagery.
Archive: NRHE and CNES SMR (intended)
Funder: Commun Eachdraidh Sgire a’ Bhac – Back Historical Society
Ian Mchardy – Back Historical Society – Commun Eachdraidh Sgire a’ Bhac (CEBAC)
(Source: DES Vol 22)
