Canna, Coroghon Mor
Hut Circle (Prehistoric), Shell Midden (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age)
Site Name Canna, Coroghon Mor
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric), Shell Midden (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Coroghan Castle; Coroghon Mor
Canmore ID 77970
Site Number NG20NE 22
NGR NG 279 056
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/77970
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG20NE 22 279 056.
Alterations to the track approaching the 'prison' at Coroghon Mor (NG20NE 4) and construction of a British Telecom building there, exposed a number of layers of ash and shell midden separated by thick deposits of loam washed down from the adjacent slopes. Substantial quantities of decorated and undecorated low-fired Iron Age pottery had apparently come from the highest of these layers, on the N side of the track - below the lowest S-facing slopes of Compass Hill. Cleaning of the section and limited excavation of the ash deposits confirmed the origin of the pottery and indicated the remains of a burnt down structure, the timber and thatch roof of which had fallen and crushed a number of pots. After recording the pottery will be returned to the local collection at Canna House.
Sponsor: NMS.
R M Spearman 1992.
The site of these discoveries has now returned to grass.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 11 April 1995
