Archaeology Notes
Event ID 782581
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NG95NW 5 904 559
NG 904 559 Small area of settlement covered with bracken and some gorse, situated behind the Youth Hostel. It is outwith the main township dyke and lies to the E of the burn.
(a) Corn-drying kiln with bowl c2m diameter. The flue is not intact, but the lintel stone is nearby. The back wall is revetted into the hillside and up to 1m still standing.
(b) Remains of a long building, possibly two compartments, but very tumbled, c7m by 3m.
(c) 5m by 2.5m with large stones in three corners.
(d) Small bothy measuring 3m by 1.5m.
M Macdonald 1995.
NG 904 559 Corn-drying kiln
M Macdonald 1995.