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Garnmore
Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Structure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Garnmore
Classification Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Structure (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Balmacara Estate
Canmore ID 136673
Site Number NG72NE 70
NGR NG 7620 2888
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/136673
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (6 June 1996)
NG72NE 70 7620 2888, 7620 2875 and 7626 2892
NG 780 300 (centre) In the springs of 1995 and 1996 a field survey was carried out on the NTS Balmacara Estate. The estate covers approximately 22.5km2 of the Lochalsh peninsula. It lies largely within the points of a triangle formed by Kyle in the SW, Plockton in the N and Balmacara in the SE. The range of topographic variation found within the estate largely reflects that found on the W coast of Scotland generally. The range of sites found during the survey reflects this topographic variation.
During two seasons of survey 109 new sites were recorded. A full report is lodged with the NMRS.
1996.
NG 7620 2875 Cell structures (11), 2m diameter.
NG 7620 2888 Bothy/pen, triangular 4m on a side; surrounded by lazy bed cultivation.
NG 7626 2892 Pen 3 x 2.5m with revetted road adjoining.
Sponsors: National Trust for Scotland, Historic Scotland
M Wildgoose 1996
Field Visit (May 1996 - June 1996)
Lying in an amphitheatre-like bowl in the hillside, with it's open end facing south-west and giving good views of the Skye Bridge, is a small bothy and an area of overgrown cultivation. The bothy is triangular in plan and measures some 4.0m on each side. A smaller, half circular pen is attached to it's west side. A large birch tree grows out of the centre of the bothy. The cultivation, in this case 2.0m wide lazy beds, covers the entire
area of the bowl, running from all sides down to a small bum which runs through the centre of the cultivated area and out of the entrance to the site in a south-westerly direction.
(BAL96 079)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
Condition Survey (1998 - 1998)
The numerous small structures and bothy/pen surrounded by lazy bed cultivation (NTS Ref: BAL 084.12-14) are as described by Dualchas .
The pen was not found during a search of the area although the pathway and turf dyke were clear (NTS Ref: BAL 085)
(Information from condition report for NTS produced by Jill Harden 2000)
NTS commissioned condition report as follow-up to Dualchas survey undertaken by Jill Harden
Nts Note (January 2016)
Data enhancement work has created separate records for the following sites:
NG 7620 2875 Cell structures (NG72NE 151)
NG 7620 2888 Bothy/pen (NG72NE 70)
NG 7626 2892 Pen (NG72NE 152)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
