Field Visit
Date 1998
Event ID 639097
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/639097
A large, amorphous mound measures 25m in diameter and stands up to 2m high. The sides of the mound are pitted and structural remains are revealed both in the side of the mound and in a coastal exposure to the seaward side. Structures (i) and (ii) are set into a mound which appears to predate them. A short exposure on the seaward side of the mound reveals stony midden deposits with peat ash and inclusions of bone, shell, charcoal and worked whalebone. It would appear that these deposits derive from an earlier period of settlement, possibly associated with structure (iii).
(i) To the south side of the mound a rectangular structure may be the chapel which is alleged to have stood on this site. It measures 7m by 3.5m internally and is defined by a coarse walling which protruded from beneath a turf covering. Inside, there is a central division formed by an upright slab set at 90 degrees to the inner wall face.
(ii) To the west side of the mound there is a length of substantial walling which is visible for almost 10m and stands at least 0.3m high. It may form an outer wall face to the chapel (i) or part of an associated enclosure wall.
(iii) To the northwest side of the mound an oval depression appears to form the interior of a structure. There is some stone visible to the side of this depression which may be walling. This putative structure measures 5m wide by 6m long.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
