Oronsay, Rubha Caol
Cairn(S) (Period Unknown), Enclosure (Period Unknown), Field Boundary(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Oronsay, Rubha Caol
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unknown), Enclosure (Period Unknown), Field Boundary(S) (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 377205
Site Number NR38NW 12
NGR NR 3492 8704
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/377205
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Colonsay And Oronsay
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Measured Survey (1978)
RCAHMS surveyed the hut-circle, field-system and cairns at Druim Mor at a scale of 1:1000. The plans, covering some 55 hectares, were redrawn in ink and published at a reduced scale (RCAHMS 1984, opp p.136).
Field Visit (April 1979)
Formerly recorded under Canmore ID 37802
See also Canmore ID 377195, 377205-377210
Situated on Druim Mor, the broad peninsula that forms the SW limb of Oronsay, there are the extensive remains of a multiperiod field-system, several groups of cairns and a hut-circle. The various elements are described as they occur from SW to NE (see plan RCAHMS 1984, opp 136).
(2) In a slight hollow between (1) and the upper raised-storm-beach there are two stretches of stony bank and several cairns. The more southerly bank, which measures 2m in thickness and 0.2m in height, is probably the remains of a subrectangular enclosure (B), the fourth side having been destroyed by the modern track. About 25m to the N there is a short straight stretch of bank measuring 2m in thickness and 0.2m in height behind which there are at least five cairns ranging from 2m to 3m in diameter and up to 0.4m in height.
RCAHMS 1984, visited April 1979
