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Canna, Beinn Tighe
Structure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Canna, Beinn Tighe
Classification Structure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 10712
Site Number NG20NE 7
NGR NG 2521 0586
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10712
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG20NE 7 2521 0586
Situated at NG 2522 0589 on a slight rise on an extensive boggy shelf are three rectangular structures, and a fourth to the N at the bottom of a S-facing slope, similar to those at NG20NW 3.
"A" measures 10.5m NE-SW by 1.5m and is slightly curved at its SW end. "B" about 13.0m to the W, is just traceable through the peat and appears to be straight, measuring about 10.5m NE-SW by 1.5m.
"C" about 22.0m W of "A" is 17.0m E-W by 1.5m with its W end blocked by a stone.
"D" is about 50.0m NW of "A" and measures 14.0m E-W by 1.5m.
There are traces of an old wall, showing as a line of intermittent boulders protruding through the peat, running for about 90.0m to the NE from "A" and continuing in a roughly westerly direction for about 230.0m. It cannot be established if it is contemporary with the structures.
Surveyed at 1/10 000.
Visited by OS (I S S), 31 May 1972.
(Location amended to NG 2521 0586). Four narrow rectangular structures, each defined by two parallel rows of boulders, lie on a boggy terrace on the S flank of Beinn Tighe. Three are situated on low peat-covered rises, while the other lies a short distance to the N amongst loose boulders at the foot of a long slope. The longest, which measures at least 19m from NE to SW by 1m internally, is not straight and its sides appear to be bowed towards the NW; a groove is visible down its centre and its NE end appears to have been robbed. These structures lie in a gap between two stretches of orthostatic walling that run roughly from E to W, but there is no evidence to suggest that the walls were robbed to provide the boulders for the structures.
(Canna 823-6)
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 10 April 1995.
Field Visit (31 May 1972)
Situated at NG 2522 0589 on a slight rise on an extensive boggy shelf are three rectangular structures, and a fourth to the N at the bottom of a S-facing slope, similar to those at NG20NW 3.
"A" measures 10.5m NE-SW by 1.5m and is slightly curved at its SW end. "B" about 13.0m to the W, is just traceable through the peat and appears to be straight, measuring about 10.5m NE-SW by 1.5m.
"C" about 22.0m W of "A" is 17.0m E-W by 1.5m with its W end blocked by a stone.
"D" is about 50.0m NW of "A" and measures 14.0m E-W by 1.5m.
There are traces of an old wall, showing as a line of intermittent boulders protruding through the peat, running for about 90.0m to the NE from "A" and continuing in a roughly westerly direction for about 230.0m. It cannot be established if it is contemporary with the structures.
Surveyed at 1/10 000.
Visited by OS (I S S), 31 May 1972.
Field Visit (10 April 1995)
(Location amended to NG 2521 0586). Four narrow rectangular structures, each defined by two parallel rows of boulders, lie on a boggy terrace on the S flank of Beinn Tighe. Three are situated on low peat-covered rises, while the other lies a short distance to the N amongst loose boulders at the foot of a long slope. The longest, which measures at least 19m from NE to SW by 1m internally, is not straight and its sides appear to be bowed towards the NW; a groove is visible down its centre and its NE end appears to have been robbed. These structures lie in a gap between two stretches of orthostatic walling that run roughly from E to W, but there is no evidence to suggest that the walls were robbed to provide the boulders for the structures.
(Canna 823-6)
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 10 April 1995.
