Islay, Cnoc An Altair
Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Islay, Cnoc An Altair
Classification Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 37546
Site Number NR34NE 23
NGR NR 3998 4720
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37546
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kildalton And Oa
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR34NE 23 3998 4720 and 3992 4725.
NR 399 472. Oval enclosure, Callumkill: At the E end of Creag an Altair, partly adapted to fallen scree, an oval, 60ft by 18ft, is enclosured by large blocks - from tumb - and by a stone "fence" of large stones, mostly set edge to edge.
I D Shanks 1970.
NR 3998 4720. Mr Shanks inidicated the location of this enclosure. It is sub-rectangular measureing 10.0m by 6.0m and is built into the angle of a wall junction. It is clearly associated with the many ruined field walls and enclosures nearby and is probably of 18th-19th century date. There is another ruined enclosure, of similar dimensions, at
NR 3992 4725.
Visited by OS (BS) 7 June 1978; Information from I D Shanks, 85 Frederick Crescent, Port Ellen.
