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Diver Inspection
Date 1996
Event ID 1167696
Category Recording
Type Diver Inspection
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1167696
NR 4063 7123 Located 45m off the W side of Loch Staoisha near the mid-point of the loch. The artificial islet is a nearly circular, stone-covered mound with a diameter of 24m at its base. The sides of the islet are a mass of stone rubble which breaks sharply, at an 18 degree angle, with the surrounding loch bed. The upper platform which crowns the top of islet is roughly circular, 14.3m in diameter. At the time of survey the upper platform stood 2.6m above the surrounding loch bed, 1.1m above the water level, and was heavily overgrown with bushy vegetation and several large willow trees. The foundations of a pentagonal structure, measuring 5.8m NW-SE by 4m NE-SW, were found near the centre of the islet. The foundations measure a maximum of 0.3m in height and consist of a single course of medium-sized stone.
Sponsors: Edinburgh University Archaeology Department, Holley & Associates.
M W Holley 1996
