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Arran, Cnoc An Uird
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Cairnfield (Prehistoric)(Possible), Shieling(S) (Post Medieval), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Arran, Cnoc An Uird
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible), Cairnfield (Prehistoric)(Possible), Shieling(S) (Post Medieval), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 185639
Site Number NR95SW 6
NGR NR 9178 5046
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/185639
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilmory
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Buteshire
NR 9178 5046 This group of sites lies on a gently sloping parcel of land on the W slopes of Cnoc an Uird at 125-130m OD, above Auchnamara, between Lochranza and Catacol. The area is largely grass-covered with thick patches of bracken. The land falls away very steeply to the sea in the N and W.
The standing stone is located 4m from the break of slope where the ground falls away steeply for 100m to the shore. It is almost square in section with a flat top and is steeply splayed on one edge. It is up to 0.75m high, and is set into the ground firmly with packing which is evident on three sides. The stone may be a boundary marker.
The cairn is situated 49m S of the standing stone at a slightly higher elevation where the land starts to rise more steeply. It is almost circular in plan from N-S, but reduced at 6m from E-W. It stands 1.5m high on the N side, but is only 0.5m above the higher land on the S side. It has a flattish, ridged top lying on a NW-SE axis, 0.9m long. At the S end of this ridge is a large embedded quartz boulder 0.4m in diameter with 0.2m of height showing. The cairn is stone-built with a thin soil and grass cover. The standing stone is clear along the axis of the cairn's ridge on a bearing 358? magnetic.
To the W of the standing stone and cairn is a sheltered hollow which has in the past been cultivated but is now bracken and grass-covered. This little field contains three features at its edges, identified as shielings and agricultural stances.
Sponsor: ACFA.
A Wood and J S Wood 2000
Field Visit (2003)
NR 9178 5046 Sites identified during an archaeological survey on Arran and Jura by the ACFA.
Cairn (Feature 1) - Almost circular in plan being 7.0m from north to south but smaller at 6.0m from east to west.
Standing Stone (Feature 2) - Almost square in section with a flat top steeply splayed to one edge. It is 0.75m high on that side, its tallest and 0.60m high on the opposite side, its lowest.
Possible Fallen Stone (Feature 3) - A large slab 2.0m by 1.0m and 0.30m thick lying toppled with the suggestion of a socket hole from which it may have fallen.
Stone Setting and Field (Feature 4). Some 20m to the northwest of the cairn is a slightly sunken grassy area 40m long by 15m wide. A shape outlined in stones, is situated at the northwest end of the 'field'.
Stone Setting (Feature 5). On the north side of the field, four stones have been placed against the northeast edge. The other stones do not form an obvious shape but might well have been a shieling or stance.
Possible Shieling Foundations (Feature 6). On the south side of the field, the irregular remains of a structure lie close to the southern edge. It is thought to be the remains of a simple shieling. Stretching to the north east from the cairn for some 50m are the remains of a bank about 0.50m high.
Anne Wood and Scott Wood, 2003.
Field Visit (27 March 2018)
This site was identified using visualisations derived from Airborne Laser Scanning data, and subsequently visited in the field.
HES Survey and Recording 27 March 2018
