Loch Hoil

A sub-rectangular hollow is located on the east side of a small stream some 50m to the northeast of Site2. It is 0.7m deep and has well-defined steep sides. The feature measures 1.2m by 1.9m internally and is aligned east to west. The entrance into the hollow is from the west. There is no clear evidence of any banks surrounding the hollow. With the exception of the base, the feature is covered in deep heather.

Information from M Dalland Headland Archaeology, 7 February 2012

A walkover survey was carried out over the entire development area at Griffin Wind Farm. Eighteen previously unrecorded sites were identified during the walkover, some of which lay within the construction footprint of the development. The sites comprised 38 individual structures including 22 shieling huts, two possible hut-circles, two enclosures, three hollow features, one bank, three shooting butts, four clearance cairns and one possible funerary cairn.

Information from Oasis (headland1-118953) 2 November 2012

Following an initial survey at Calliachar Wind Farm a series of sites located within the construction footprint were excavated prior to the start of the construction work. Two of the excavated structures, a clearance cairn and a stone bank, were associated with the nearby scheduled prehistoric settlement and field system near Scotston. The remaining sites including a man-made hollow containing a series of occupation deposits, six shielings and three areas of occupation deposits were located within the turbine area at Calliachar. Two Neolithic flint arrowheads were retrieved from one of the areas of occupation, another contained an iron bloom.

Information from Oasis (headland1-130771) 2 November 2012

Archaeological field work carried out by Headland Archaeology (2012) in advance of construction of Calliacher Wind Farm recorded a man-made hollow (Headland Site No. 16). The sub-rectangular hollow is located on the eastern side of a small stream. It is 0.7m deep and has well-defined steep sides. The feature measures 1.2m by 1.9m internally and is aligned east to west. The entrance into the hollow is from the west. There is no clear evidence of any banks surrounding the hollow. With the exception of the base, the feature is covered in deep heather and survives in-situ.

Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-210048 (H Tweedie) 2013