Scheduled Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates: •
Tuesday 3rd December 11:00-15:00
During these times, some services may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Archaeology Notes
Event ID 858273
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/858273
NM47NW 86 centred 40121 79209
Two huts, a pen and two enclosures are scattered along a gully at the foot of the cliffs on the SW of Beinn Airein. The huts (Muck02 338, 341) measure 3.2m and 5m in length by and 1.9m and 2.1m in breadth respectively within stony banks. The northern (Muck02 341) has a cell attached towards the N end of its E side; it measures 1.4m by 1.1m internally. The enclosure and pen (Muck02 339-40) lie to the SE, the enclosure measuring 4.4m by 3.4m within a stony bank, the pen 2.5m by 1.7m. The other enclosure (Muck02 337) is situated to the S, and has been built amongst the boulders at the foot of a scree slope. It measures 3.3m by 3m within a stony bank 0.6m in thickness by up to 0.3m in height.
(Muck02, 337-41)
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 21 May 2002
