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Field Visit
Date 15 May 2021 - 13 July 2021
Event ID 1149861
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1149861
NB 4507 4176 Canmore records “what may be four unroofed shielings” at Barashader (Canmore ID: 136458). There is another place name very close by (NB 45047 41720) “Clachan Glas” or grey stones. In this vicinity is a 14m diameter, c4m high mound of stones, which the surrounding blanket bog has not covered. One large orthostatic stone projects from the mound just east of its centre, and a linear depression runs from the centre out to the SW.
These attributes would suggest that this is in fact the remains of a chambered tomb. Having now visited all of the known tombs in the area (Carn a Mharc, Canmore ID: 4336; Dunan, Canmore ID: 4295; and Allt An-t-sniomh, Canmore ID: 4298), we can confirm the Clachan Glas bears many similarities, not least in the unusual way that the blanket bog surrounds these sites without covering them, but also in their locations at the edge of the higher ground with commanding views across the fertile lands below.
There are two other green mounds to the N of the main one described above. These may be the remains of the shielings recorded on Canmore.
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)
