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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 676998
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/676998
NN60NW 11 6266 0789.
(NN 6266 0789) Tom ma Chisaig (NR)
OS 6" map, (1958)
A curious mound, very correctly circular in shape, with a level space at the top 120ft in circumference round the brink. Traditionally erected in memory of St Kessaig.
M Ferguson 1911.
An annual market called Feill-ma-Chessaig was held here in the early 19th century.
NSA 1845.
Flat-topped mote (castle mound) watching the bridge.
OS 6" map annotated by O G S Crawford 15 November 1938.
A regular, flat-topped mound, maximum height 5.0m. Mutilated on the SE by a modern path. Although the mound has the appearance of a motte, it is impossible to be certain without excavation. No additional information.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 9 October 1968.
