Sanday, Cnoc Ghreannabric
Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Pen(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Sanday, Cnoc Ghreannabric
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Pen(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Canna
Canmore ID 10749
Site Number NG20SE 18
NGR NG 2739 0398
NGR Description Centred NG 2739 0398
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10749
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG20SE 18 centred 2739 0398
'Curious ancient horse-shoe wall built into raised beach.'
Private 6"map, annotated by T C Lethbridge, 1953.
NG 2737 0397. Ruinous modern enclosure wall.
Visited by OS 29 May 1972.
(Location amended to centred NG 2739 0398 and classification to enclosure, possible building and possible pens). A ruinous stone wall enclosing a seaward-facing hollow above the rocky foreshore to the SW of Cnoc Ghreannabric contains the remains of one possible building and two smaller pens or huts. The building and pens are all reduced to little more than rubble footings.
(Canna 128-131).
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG,IMS), 3 May 1994.
Field Visit (29 May 1972)
NG 2737 0397. Ruinous modern enclosure wall.
Visited by OS 29 May 1972.
Field Visit (3 May 1994)
(Location amended to centred NG 2739 0398 and classification to enclosure, possible building and possible pens). A ruinous stone wall enclosing a seaward-facing hollow above the rocky foreshore to the SW of Cnoc Ghreannabric contains the remains of one possible building and two smaller pens or huts. The building and pens are all reduced to little more than rubble footings.
(Canna 128-131).
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG,IMS), 3 May 1994.
