Field Visit

Date 1994

Event ID 554274

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/554274

This site is oval on plan, some 15m N-S by 12m and over 2m high, and stands in a boggy area, perhaps formerly the edge of a loch. Erosion by stock has revealed that the mound is composed of large quantities of small fire-cracked stones. Traces of larger stones near the base may indicate some underlying structure. This is, so far as the contributor is aware, the first convincing burnt mound identified in the Outer Hebrides. The place-name suggests a pre-medieval date.

N Fojut 1994.