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Canna, Compass Hill
Bank (Earthwork)(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut (Period Unassigned), Mound(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Canna, Compass Hill
Classification Bank (Earthwork)(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut (Period Unassigned), Mound(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 142347
Site Number NG20NE 47
NGR NG 2784 0615
NGR Description Centred NJ 2784 0615
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/142347
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG20NE 47 centred 2784 0615
A group of eleven grass-grown mounds and one subsquare hut lies in a hollow between two ridges 150m to the N of the summit of Compass Hill. Stretches of an earthen bank enclose the hollow on the NNE, SSW and SE, and four of the mounds are attached to this enclosure bank. Part of the hollow has been cultivated and there are traces of several furrows aligned N and S; only one mound lies within the area of cultivation, and this appears to have been truncated by furrows on its E and W sides. The mounds are undoubtedly the remains of collapsed huts, and some of them are characterised by a dished interior, while others are surrounded by a turf-stripping halo. All but one of the mounds are circular, and range between 4.7m and 8.5m in diameter and 0.25 and 0.7m in height; the one exception is an oval mound which is the largest in the group, and measures 10.3m from N to S by 7.7m transversely overall. The subsquare hut lies on the E edge of the cultivated ground and measures 5.5m across within an earthen bank 1.4m in thickness and 0.5m in height; a short stretch of bank extends away from its SW end.
(Canna 339-50).
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 9 June 1994.
Field Visit (9 June 1994)
A group of eleven grass-grown mounds and one subsquare hut lies in a hollow between two ridges 150m to the N of the summit of Compass Hill. Stretches of an earthen bank enclose the hollow on the NNE, SSW and SE, and four of the mounds are attached to this enclosure bank. Part of the hollow has been cultivated and there are traces of several furrows aligned N and S; only one mound lies within the area of cultivation, and this appears to have been truncated by furrows on its E and W sides. The mounds are undoubtedly the remains of collapsed huts, and some of them are characterised by a dished interior, while others are surrounded by a turf-stripping halo. All but one of the mounds are circular, and range between 4.7m and 8.5m in diameter and 0.25 and 0.7m in height; the one exception is an oval mound which is the largest in the group, and measures 10.3m from N to S by 7.7m transversely overall. The subsquare hut lies on the E edge of the cultivated ground and measures 5.5m across within an earthen bank 1.4m in thickness and 0.5m in height; a short stretch of bank extends away from its SW end.
(Canna 339-50).
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 9 June 1994.
