Scarba, Port Nan Urrachann
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Scarba, Port Nan Urrachann
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Iurach Bay
Canmore ID 22368
Site Number NM60SE 1
NGR NM 680 046
NGR Description NM c. 680 046
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/22368
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM60SE 1 c. 680 046
Six beehive cells, similar to those on Eilean a' Naoimh, but more ruinous, are clustered together on a sheltered depression leading down from the terrace to Iurach Bay, the only landing-place on this side of the island.
P H Gillies 1909.
Iurach Bay and Port nan Urrachann are one and the same (A MacPhail, boatman, Oban). A perambulation of the area around Port nan Urrachan failed to find any evidence of beehive cells, but a few crude bothy-type shelters lie scattered round the bay.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 14 April 1970.
