Archaeology Notes

Event ID 741947

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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On the upper of two natural terraces which lie on the SE-facing flank of Creag Strollamus, at a height of 135m OD, are the remains of six or seven earth- and stone-built structures. The group consists of:

1. A low green mound 9m by 4m overall with a small depression in the top,

2. A circular stone structure 4m in diameter, also on a low mound,

3. Low mounds 6m by 4m overall with a depression in the top,

4. Low mounds 6m by 4m overall with a depression in the top,

5. Sub-rectangular structure 9m by 4m over walls of earth 1m wide. A possible door opening (0.3m wide) lies in the NE end,

6/7 Two ghost outlines of possible sub-rectangular structures.

A small burn crosses the terrace at the NE end, close to structure (1).

Visited by M Wildgoose, 5 April 1990.