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Archaeology Notes
Date - 1977
Event ID 695669
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NR79SE 19 7828 9070.
(NR 7828 9070) Circle (NR)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1924)
Situated in a clearing in Forestry Commission plantings, an oval terrace, 65' x 42', the E side probably scarped and W side against the hill behind, outlined by boulders on the W with erect stones c.4' high at NE and SW. No trace of stones along E side.
D Christison 1904; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
At this site ar two upright earthfast stones 22.0m apart at the NE and SW ends of the elliptical levelled top of a small spur. Around the W side are several stones at least one of which appears to be a fallen upright. The E side is devoid of stones and consists of a grassy slope. Although it is not possible to classify this site it is clear that the levelled area could not have supported a stone circle 22.0m in diameter and the total absence of stone in the centre rules out the possibility of it having been a cairn.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JP) 21 June 1973.
This site lies at the foot of a steep E-facing slope and is generally as described in the previous information. The two upright stone slabs (1.2m high and 0.6m wide) are 'linked' on the west by a random spread of earthfast boulders which do not appear to be the remains of walling or of any structure. The artificial slopes forming the E side of the sub-oval area are up to 1.5m high. The position of the feature suggests that it may have been an enclosure rather than a ritual site. (c/f homesteads- NM91SE 6 and NM91SE 8. )
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (TRG) 11 February 1977.
