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.