Field Visit
Date 13 August 1974
Event ID 550103
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/550103
This enclosure is situated on low-lying ground at the head of Loch Assynt. It comprises a silted-up ditch and an outer bank reduced to a present height of 0.7m in the S. Both bank and ditch have apparently been approximately 5.0m wide. Of three breaks in the spread bank, that in the NE has been subject to considerable mutilation, and being at the lowest point of the ditch, is the wettest place in the whole work. Corresponding to the central break in the bank on the E side is a causeway across the ditch, which is the probable original entrance. The third break, in the SE, is recent. The ditch is scarcely strong enough to classify this site as a homestead moat, but a medieval date for it seems reasonable. However, the possibility of it being a henge should not be discounted. (c/f NS56NW 15)
Visited by OS (J M) 13 August 1974.
