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Toman Na Croiche
Structure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Toman Na Croiche
Classification Structure (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) South Laggan
Canmore ID 331130
Site Number NN29NE 20
NGR NN 29455 97188
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/331130
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmonivaig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
External Reference (2011)
Hexagonal building of dressed stone built on top of a mound. The oval-shaped mound is approximately 20 metres high with the structure at one side. The unroofed structure has vertical walls, c. 6 m. high. There is an arched door with a lintel facing SE, towards the hill behind and away from transport links along the road and the loch. There are no windows, nor any indication of steps either inside or outside the building. There is no evidence of nesting roosts.
There are three possible purposes which have been suggested for this structure: 1) a signal post on the old military road from Fort August to Fort William; 2) a doocot; 3) a folly.
At 39m at ground level, the mound is at the highest point along the military road between Fort Augustus and Fort William. On top of the mound there is a shallow depression, full of vegetation with some large stones scattered in it. Local tradition suggests that the mound was built as Toman na Croiche, Gallows Hill, as recorded in E.C. Ellice's Place Names of Glengarry, 1898.
A study of this monument is planned by the Lochaber Archaeology Group
Information from the ARCH Community Timelines Project (2011)
