Tom Mor
Dyke(S) (Period Unassigned), Pen(S) (Period Unassigned), Shieling(S) (Post Medieval), Township(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tom Mor
Classification Dyke(S) (Period Unassigned), Pen(S) (Period Unassigned), Shieling(S) (Post Medieval), Township(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 346605
Site Number NM54NE 26
NGR NM 5883 4923
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/346605
- Council Highland
- Parish Morvern
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (16 December 2011)
NM 5883 4923 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were carried out on 16 December 2011 on the Morvern peninsula in advance of a woodland establishment scheme. The survey identified 38 new archaeological sites including shielings, townships, pens and turf and stone dykes.
The sites identified during the walkover survey probably reflect the use of the landscape during the post-medieval period. Transhumance activities are well known in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, where shielings were used to manage domestic stock and utilise upland pastures and areas of marginal ground. Two clusters of shielings were found during the survey, and numerous other scattered shielings, all stone-built, were identified during the survey in each of the three areas. The two major shieling clusters probably related to the settlements of Gleann nan Iomairean and Carnacailliche (or Salachan). The township at Lagain was the most extensive of the archaeological remains surveyed, and consisted of 16 individual structures constructed of stone and turf, including a kiln barn.
Archive: Highland HER, RCAHMS and WCAS (intended)
Funder: Killundine Estate and Scottish Woodlands
Steven Birch, West Coast Archaeological Services
2012
