Rum, Harris
Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Rum, Harris
Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Rhum
Canmore ID 21922
Site Number NM39NW 4
NGR NM 34090 95704
NGR Description NM 34090 95704 and NM 34027 95692
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM39NW 4 341 955.
(NM 340 956) Ring of waterworn boulders, each about 1' in diameter, with smaller stones in the interior, suggesting a demolished round cairn, about 15' in diameter. Possibly the foundations of a hayrick, especially as it lies about 100 yds to the south of a pre-clearance settlement.
Source: G C David 1967
A robbed stony mound about 6.5m in diameter and 0.3m high at NM 3403 9569. The stones round the edge are no larger than those inside and are not part of a kerb. There are two or three similar, but not so well- defined robbed mounds in the vicinity (See also NM39NW 3). Classification uncertain, but they are more likely to be clearance heaps contemporary with mediaeval cultivation in the area than cairns.
Visited by OS (AA) 14 May 1972
Field Visit (May 1983)
Harris NM 34 95 NM39NW 3&4
Situated on the raised storm-beach SW of Harris there are five stony mounds.
(1) NM 3419 9553. This cairn sits on the forward edge of the raised beach; it measures 11.5m in diameter by 0.9m in height and is surmounted by a modern cairn.
(2) NM 3419 9559. About 60m NNW of (1) there is a mound of stones 7.1m in diameter and 0.6m high.
(3) NM 3412 9562. About 110m NW of (1) there is a stony mound 6.5m in diameter by 0.5m high which is surrounded by a ditch-like hollow. The mound sits on the line of a field-bank which runs for a short distance to the NE and SW.
(4) NM 3407 9568. About 40m WNW of a recent fank there is a stony mound 3.5m in diameter and 0.4m high; it is surrounded by a slight hollow which appears to cut through the crest of the adjacent rig.
(5) NM 3403 9569. Some 35m WNW of (4) there is a stony mound 6m in diameter by 0.3m high; it is surrounded by a slight hollow. The date and purpose of these mounds are uncertain; some may be prehistoric burialcairns while others may be clearance heaps.
RCAHMS 1983, visited May 1983
(DES, 1967, 28)
