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Rum, Sgorr Reidh
Deer Trap (Medieval)
Site Name Rum, Sgorr Reidh
Classification Deer Trap (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Rhum; Spectacle Lochan
Canmore ID 21944
Site Number NM39NW 6
NGR NM 3123 9826
NGR Description From NM 3120 9833 to NM 3126 9818
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21944
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM39NW 6 from 312 983 to 312 981.
(Centred: NM 313 982) A complex of small, circular dry-stone huts connected by a sinuous drystone wall running approximately parallel to the cliff edge and within 20 yds of it. The dimensions of the structure are the same as those of NM39NW 5, to which this complex is very similar.
With two exceptions, the huts are built on the landward site of the wall, usually at an angle in it. The exceptions are on the seaward side of the wall and about 5 yds distant from it. There are 8 certain, and 4 probable huts. (Visible on RAF AP's 106G/Scot/UK53: 3051-2)
G C David 1967
On top of a 1000' cliff and set in a stony block-field totally devoid of pasture. In the centre of the enclosure is a pen 18' by 15' with very open-built walls. It is scarcely possible that this could be a shieling, but it may be an installation from which to stampede deer over the cliff.
R Miller 1967
At NM 312 982, a smaller but similar structure to NM39NW 5, having eight cells built against the wall, mainly oval and measuring c.2.5m by c.1.8m internally, and one free standing enclosure c.4.0m in diameter between the wall and the cliff. It is probably connected with NM39NW 5.
Visited by OS (AA) 14 May 1972
The largest cell had much of its corbelled roof in place. It measured 3.7m E-W by 3m N-S. The structure is partly subterranean, as are most of the chambers in these features.
NMRS MS/868/1
Field Visit (May 1983)
Sgorr Reidh NM 312 983 to 312 981 NM39NW 6
A wall follows an irregular course for a distance of about 300m along the cliff-edge at Sgorr Reidh. Along the wall, usually at corners, there are at least eight structures, the largest measuring about 2.6m by 2.2m within a corbelled wall up to 1.7m high. Only one has an entrance, and most of their floors have been sunk below the surrounding ground level.
RCAHMS 1983, visited May 1983
(DES, 1967, 27; Miller 1967, 212; Love 1981, 53, 58)
