Desk Based Assessment
Date 1973
Event ID 820304
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/820304
NR67NE 6 6658 7504
(NR 6659 7502) Cave (NAT)
OS 6" map (1924)
Near the SE end of Eilean Mor, a gully is walled with thin courses of drystone work, enclosing a rectangular area - the 'cell', described by Donaldson as 11' square, within 4' - 5' thick walls, with a doorway c. 2' wide, to E, and steps. At NW, fallen stones probably cover a passage and entrance to a tiny cave "Uamh nam Fear" now entered from above. A hexafoil and a Maltese cross are carved on the E side of this cave, said to have been used as a retreat by St Abban.
M E M Donaldson 1930; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
Information from OS.
