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Islay, Margadale River
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Islay, Margadale River
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Bunnahabhain
Canmore ID 38163
Site Number NR47SW 6
NGR NR 400 741
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38163
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (May 1981)
NR47SW 6 400 741.
The slight remains of a hut-circle are situated on an improved natural platform in a small grassy area in rising ground SW of the Margadale River, some 2.2km NW of Bunnahabhain. The wall of the hut-circle survives as a very low bank, about 1.7m thick, which encloses a slightly dished interior 6m in diameter; the entrance was probably on the E. Immediately to the NW of the hut-circle a band of stones, 0.75m thick, can be seen emerging from the peat to cross two shallow grassy scoops before disappearing; the purpose to these features and their relationship to the hut-circle are uncertain.
A large group of shielings (NR47SW 10) lies nearby.
RCAHMS 1984, visited May 1981.
Measured Survey (1981)
RCAHMS surveyed the hut-circle at Margadale River at a scale of 1:200. The plan was redrawn in ink and published at a reduced scale (RCAHMS 1984, fig. 146A).
