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Colonsay, Carnan Eoin
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Colonsay, Carnan Eoin
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 38185
Site Number NR49NW 25
NGR NR 410 985
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38185
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Colonsay And Oronsay
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (April 1978)
NR49NW 25 410 985.
These remains are situated in a natural hollow on the rocky E shoulder of Carnan Eoin at a height of over 100m OD. The site, which covers an area measuring approximately 50m from N to S and 30m E to W, contains vestiges of at least five roughly circular structures, two of which (A, B) occupy a central position adjacent to a marshy pond while the rest (C-E) are grouped in the SE quarter. Apart from the structure D, which is a small mounded platform backed by a rock outcrop, each building measures about 2m in internal diameter within walls of turf-and-drystone construction; the walls are generally over 1m thick and those of building A achieve a maximum thickness of 2m. Each hut has a single entrance facing N or W except for C whose entrance faces SW; each building is also unicameral except for B and possibly A which retain traces of small annexes on the SE and W sides respectively.
Visited April 1978.
RCAHMS 1984.
