Archaeology Notes

Event ID 657299

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NF97NW 3 c. 905 769.

(Area: NF 905 769) Uamh Creag Eideann, a small cave recessed into the rock at the SE face of Beinn Bhreac. The entrance had been partly blocked by a wall of which some traces still remain. Immediately in front of it, at a distance of 4 yards and on a plateau are the remains of a cist consisting of 5 slabs erect on end, while two others rest on edge. It was evidently once covered by a cairn 10ft in diameter across its base. A semi-circular wall abutting against the cliff, apparently once enclosed both cave and cairn (E Beveridge 1911).

Listed as a 'short cist'.

J V S Megaw and D D A Simpson 1963; E Beveridge 1911.

This cave could not be located on the SE slope of Beinn Breac, or on the S and SW slopes which appear more likely to contain a cave.

Visited by OS (J T T) 26 June 1965.