Oronsay, Druim Mor

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).

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).

(5) On the crest of Druirn Mor, abopt 215m ENE of (4), there is a group of twenty-four cairns and six stretches of bank (F). Several cairns have been clipped by rig-and-furrow cultivation, and the banks appear to be the last fragments of a formerly larger system. The cairns range from 1.5m to 5m in diameter and stand to a maximum height of 0.7m; the banks measure up to 4.8m in thickness and 0.6m in height. One cairn has been built on top of a bank. Some of the cairns, particularly those on the W, have been enlarged by recent field-clearance and others may be wholly of recent date.

RCAHMS 1984, visited April 1979.