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Muck, Carndearg
Clearance Cairn(S) (Post Medieval), Field System (Post Medieval), Lazy Beds (Post Medieval)
Site Name Muck, Carndearg
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Post Medieval), Field System (Post Medieval), Lazy Beds (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 291511
Site Number NM47NW 71
NGR NM 42563 79257
NGR Description centred NM 42563 79257
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291511
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM47NW 71 centred 42563 79257
The remains of a field-system are visible on a broad promontory to the SE of Port Mor, surviving at the edges of the improved fields that occupy the greater part of the area. To the N a field-bank cuts across the promontory roughly from E to W, in places taking advantage of the crags on the S flank of Carndearg. To the W this bank overlies the intermittent remains of a bank belonging to an earlier system of enclosure. Another field-bank, aligned NNW and SSE, cuts the promontory roughly in half.
Along the E side of the promontory there is also a narrow strip of lazy-bed cultivation, bounded on the SW by a low cliff and truncated on the NE by the improved ground. At least six small heaps of field-cleared stones are scattered across the improved ground.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 18 May 2002
