Scheduled Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates: •
Every Thursday from 17th October until 7th November from 11:00 to 15:00 •
Tuesday, 22nd October from 11:00 to 15:00
During these times, some services may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Eigg. Sgorr Gobhar
Building (Possible), Field Boundary, Mound, Pen(S)
Site Name Eigg. Sgorr Gobhar
Classification Building (Possible), Field Boundary, Mound, Pen(S)
Canmore ID 352839
Site Number NM48NE 172
NGR NM 49576 87584
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/352839
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (22 April 2002)
A large oval mound is situated within an area defined by the robbed remains of a field boundary about 230m NNE of an unnamed lochan and 640m SE of the waterfall at Sgorr Gobhar. The mound measures 10.6m from E to W by 10.1m transversely and 0.7m in height and there is a kerb of edge-set stones best preserved on the N and W.
A later rectangular structure, possibly a building, is set in the centre of the mound and measures internally 6.4m by 4m. This building is entered by a passage which is set into the mound on the E side and measures 1m in width and 4.2m in length.
A later rubble pen has been constructed within the building, a second stands about 20m to the NNW of the mound and there is a clearance cairn 25m to the S of the mound, suggesting the field was once cultivated.
The field boundary describes an area measuring up to 90m from N to S by 50m transversely.
EIGG01 961-2
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 22 April 2002
