Canna, Eilean A' Bhaird
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Structure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Canna, Eilean A' Bhaird
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Structure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 137747
Site Number NG20NE 36
NGR NG 2699 0502
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/137747
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG20NE 36 2699 0502
Two buildings, a narrow structure and a small subrectangular enclosure lie on the tidal island of Eilean a' Bhaird. The buildings are both situated on a low ridge, the best preserved being the larger of the two and measuring 5.7m from NW to SE by 3m transversely within a stony bank 1.6m in thickness and 0.5m in height; a bank extends away from the SW corner of the building along the crest of the ridge. The wasted remains of the second building lie about 10m to the N and measure 4m from NE to SW by 2.5m transversely within a grass-grown bank 0.8m in thickness and 0.2m in height (NG 2699 0503). The narrow structure and enclosure lie at the W end of the island above the foreshore. The former is defined by parallel rows of boulders and measures 4.7m from NNW to SSE by 1m internally (NG 2697 0500). The enclosure lies immediately to the E and measures 4.6m from NNW to SSE by 2.9m within a stony bank 0.7m in thickness and 0.2m in height. A grass-grown mound, probably nothing more than a small clearance cairn, lies to the E, and a small plot of lazy-bed cultivation (NG20SE 82) is situated to the N.
(Canna 133-7).
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 9 March 1996.
Field Visit (9 March 1996)
Two buildings, a narrow structure and a small subrectangular enclosure lie on the tidal island of Eilean a' Bhaird. The buildings are both situated on a low ridge, the best preserved being the larger of the two and measuring 5.7m from NW to SE by 3m transversely within a stony bank 1.6m in thickness and 0.5m in height; a bank extends away from the SW corner of the building along the crest of the ridge. The wasted remains of the second building lie about 10m to the N and measure 4m from NE to SW by 2.5m transversely within a grass-grown bank 0.8m in thickness and 0.2m in height (NG 2699 0503). The narrow structure and enclosure lie at the W end of the island above the foreshore. The former is defined by parallel rows of boulders and measures 4.7m from NNW to SSE by 1m internally (NG 2697 0500). The enclosure lies immediately to the E and measures 4.6m from NNW to SSE by 2.9m within a stony bank 0.7m in thickness and 0.2m in height. A grass-grown mound, probably nothing more than a small clearance cairn, lies to the E, and a small plot of lazy-bed cultivation (NG20SE 82) is situated to the N.
(Canna 133-7).
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 9 March 1996.
