Archaeology Notes

Event ID 695056

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/695056

NR47NW 1 4000 7862.

NR 400 786. There are two circular structures, each 40ft in diameter, on the edge of the 50ft plateau, isolated at the NE side of Port a Chotain. One has its N wall flattened along the cliff edge. The walls are 6ft wide. Between is an oblong build, 40ft by 12ft, divided by a central wall.

F Newall 1969.

At NR 400 785, on the cliff top are a series of seven lazy beds running E-W, with at the cliff edge on N a circle of turf and heather - 12ft internal diameter and on the S side a semi-circular outline 27ft internal diameter.

I D Shanks 1970.

NR 4000 7862. A minor depopulated settlement comprising the footings of one building, three enclosures and lazy beds.

Visited by OS (NKB) 29 June 1978.