Field Visit
Date 22 February 1977
Event ID 554003
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/554003
NC82NW 17 8296 2598
See also NC82NW 14.
At NC 8296 2598, situated on the marginal ground of the depopulated township of Ceannabhaid (NC82NW 14) and adjacent to a small burn, there is a burnt mound. It is horseshoe-shaped with a turf and heather covering. It measures 11.5m E-W by 9.5m and 1.0m high, with its open end in the E. A rabbit hole in the top of the mound revealed a content of blackened earth, burnt stone and charcoal. Within the mound and on its sides are several large unburnt stones, some upright and protruding through the turf, others lying on the surface. Three of the upright stones fringe the central hollow forming three corners of a rectangle 2.2m x 1.2m. A single hut (NC 82 NW 18) lies among the township about 200m uphill from the burnt mound.
Surveyed at 1:10 560.
Visited by OS (JB), 22 February 1977.
