Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices. Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025. Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland
Muck, Gleann Mhairtein
Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Pen (Period Unassigned), Track (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Muck, Gleann Mhairtein
Classification Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Pen (Period Unassigned), Track (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 291758
Site Number NM37NE 21
NGR NM 39767 79600
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291758
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (17 May 2002)
NM37NE 21 39767 79600
A trackway runs N and S down a W-facing slope in Gleann Mhairtein. At its N end there is an enclosure situated on a terrace covered with lazy-bed cultivation, and at its S end a solitary pen. Sub-circular on plan, the enclosure (Muck02 191) measures about 8.5m in diameter within a stony bank faced with numerous edge-set stones. There is a field clearance heap immediately to the E, and the vestigial remains of another enclosure lie about 14m to the N. The pen (Muck02 189) measures 1.6m by 1m overall, its bank incorporating a boulder that forms the SE end.
(Muck02, 189, 191)
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, SDB) 17 May 2002
