Archaeology Notes

Event ID 673740

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NM33NW 1 3236 3511

Meall nan Gamhna (NM 3236 3511), the highest point on Staffa, is surmounted by the usual cairn of stones.

D MacCulloch 1934.

NM 32 35 AOC (Scotland) Ltd was commissioned to undertake an archaeological survey of the lands controlled by the National Trust for Scotland on Staffa. The survey took place in late May and early April of 1996. Recorded sites are listed below. The full report of this survey has been deposited with both the local SMR and the NMRS.

Meall nan Gambna:

NM 3237 3513 Cairn.

NM 3236 3512 Triangulation point.

Sponsor: National Trust for Scotland

T Rees 1996.