Rum, Spectacle Lochan
Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rum, Spectacle Lochan
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Rhum
Canmore ID 21889
Site Number NM39NW 1
NGR NM 3148 9933
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM39NW 1 3148 9933.
(Area: NM 311 997) A horned structure similar to those of the probable early settlement at Gleann Mor St Kilda (NA00SE 1) was found at Airigh na Maith-innse. It consisted of a small enclosure with walls about 4 ft high from whose entrance, pincer-like, ran two lines of closely set stones.
K Williamson and J M Boyd 1963
NM 3148 9933 Description correct. A modern animal enclosure probably for sheep. A similar "fank" occurs at NM 3424 9509, and another at NG 3190 0115.
Visited by OS (AA) 14 May 1972
