Field Visit
Date 23 April 2013
Event ID 963246
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/963246
This site is certainly the remains of that excavated by the Schools Hebridean Society between 1969 and 1973 (David 1969; 1970; 1973). Although interpreted by the excavators as a cairn, from which they recovered fragments of pottery ‘with decoration of Early Iron Age’ type (David 1969; 1973), in its current condition it appears to represent the remains of a prehistoric building. Much of the excavated area is still exposed, and the rubble-strewn mound measures about 13m from N to S by 11m transversely. The feature interpreted by the excavators as a ‘regular outer edge’ (David 1970) may in fact be the outer face of a wall, and further stonework exposed in the interior is suggestive of wheelhouse construction.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) and Historic Scotland (CB) 23 April 2013
