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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 673670
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/673670
NM22SE 31 2626 2187
(NM2626 2187) At least one large round cairn and many smaller mounds of stones lie on the old beach where there is a profusion of boulders. Tradition says they were erected by monks as a penance (Pennant 1774).
W Reeves 1857; O G S Crawford 1933; A Ritchie and E Ritchie 1934; T Pennant 1774; OS 6" map, annotated by O G S Crawford 16 August 1933.
A: NM 2626 2181; B: NM 2629 2191. Two large mounds of beach pebbles and several small piles of stone standing on the foreshore above high water mark. All appear to be artificially constructed, yet none has the appearance of age and their purpose is unknown. Mounds A and B are close enough to the sea to be destroyed by exceptionally high tides. Visited by OS (DWR) 8 June 1972.
Site recorded by AOC (Scotland) Ltd during an archaeological survey of the lands controlled by the National Trust for Scotland on Iona. This survey was conducted in late May and early April of 1996. The full report of this survey has been deposited with both the local SMR and the NMRS.
NM 2625 2185 Cairns
Sponsor: National Trust for Scotland
T Rees 1996
