Rum, Guirdil
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Rum, Guirdil
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Rhum
Canmore ID 11015
Site Number NG30SW 4
NGR NG 32265 01429
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11015
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG30SW 4 3226 0142.
A probable cairn, conspicuously situated on a hilltop.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS May 1972.
Two small structures have been built out of the cairn material: one is on the side of the cairn and the other a few metres to the NE.
NMRS MS/868/1
Field Visit (May 1983)
Guirdil NG 322 014 NG30SW 4
The remains of what is probably a cairn are situated on a knoll (94m OD) about 310m ENE of Guirdil bothy. The mound of stones measures about 9m in diameter by 0.4m in height and the top has been disturbed by the erection of a hut.
RCAHMS 1983, visited May 1983
Field Visit (17 October 2010)
This heather grown cairn stands on a knoll some 310m to the ENE of Guirdil bothy. It measures about 10m in diameter and 0.7m in height and has an arc of three possible kerbstones exposed on the E. At least two subrectangular huts overlie the cairn and have been built with stone robbed from it.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG,SDB) 17 October 2010.
