Archaeology Notes

Event ID 660245

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH18NE 2 1723 8586

For fish-trap at NH 1778 8625, see NH18NE 3.

This yair (Scottish for fish-trap) is situated at the southern end of Loch Broom off the western shore. "It had its walls constructed like a 'Galloway dyke', i.e. having the largest and heaviest stones built in first, and the smaller stones on top of these. At certain places parts of the remaining walls reached a height of about 5 ft." The gap in the walling in the north-west is the most likely spot for the fish to enter the trap.

T D Bathgate 1951

The yair is situated at NH 1723 8586. It survives to a maximum height of 0.7 m. and is a finer example of a fish trap than it counterpart on the eastern shore (NH18NE 3). From the shore line it extends in an easterly direction some 70.0m., turning southwards at an angle of 100 degrees for 40.0m. Here the wall of the yair is broken, but re-appears some 80.0 m. to the south and extends for a further 37.0m. The gap in the N.W. wall is approx. 1m wide, and would appear to be the entrance.

Visited by OS (N K B) 19 October 1964.