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Rum, Ard Nev
Deer Trap (Medieval)
Site Name Rum, Ard Nev
Classification Deer Trap (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Rhum; Orval
Canmore ID 21939
Site Number NM39NW 55
NGR NM 34156 99262
NGR Description From NM 3404 9926 to NM 3424 9928
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21939
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (May 1983)
Ard Nev/Orval NM39NW
There are two lengths of what are probably deer-dykes at the head of Glen Duian. One (NM 339 990 to 340 990) is situated about 100m S of the crest of the saddle between Orval and Ard Nev; the other rises gradually up the W flank of Ard Nev towards the saddle, where it ends abruptly (NM 342 986 to 341 989). The latter is 1.5m thick and in places still stands to a height of 1.5m. Neither dyke presents an obstacle on the uphill side, and they were probably designed to funnel deer driven out of Glen Duian into the saddle. On the NE side of the saddle there are traces of low walls amongst the scree debris; the best-preserved (NM 341 992) form a funnel dropping down the slope and terminating at two small cell-like structures without entrances.
RCAHMS 1983, visited May 1983
(Love 1980)
Field Visit (August 2011)
Recorded by RCAHMS, August 2011.
