Archaeology Notes
Date - 1977
Event ID 695865
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NR78NE 7 7612 8600.
(NR 7611 8600) Burial Ground (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 1st ed., (1868)
Cladh Eoin: Some of the stones marking the graves in this ancient burial ground may still be seen. There are traces of an old wall not far away, but whether of a building or an old chapel cannot be ascertained.
Name Book 1867.
A massive wall 6' wide and up to 2'4" high cuts off the promontory at the SE end of the Oib - now under Forestry Commission. The wall runs from the E side level with the bay on W and turns along the W side of the point, becoming lighter. It is traceable also on E and to the point. The enclosed area is full of outcrop rock. A few small narrow slabs may be grave markers, and some small oval piles of stones might be graves, but the main work is defensive. There may be an outer work to NE, low and confused.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
NR 7613 8602. All that can be seen at this site are the remains of a stone wall 2.5m wide and 0.5m high which extends round the N and E end of a promontory. The wall is best preserved in the N where the outer face is sited below the crest and stands five courses high. A gap in the NE of the wall suggests an entrance. The interior contains vertical slabs of natural rock.
The whole site is heavily overgrown making an accurate interpretation difficult but there seems little evidence that this is a burial ground. The defensive aspect of the promontary and the siting of a massive wall, however, are indicative of a fort.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (IA) 29 May 1973.
NR 7613 8601. No change to the report of 29 June 1977.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 24 January 1977.
