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Cnoc An T-seagaill
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cnoc An T-seagaill
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 89583
Site Number NC21SW 18
NGR NC 24443 13513
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89583
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC21SW 18 244 135
Cnoc an t-Seagaill: a small green knoll in an enclosure. "Knoll of the Rye".
Name Book 1878
An enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet lxxxii). A larger enclosure area is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1966).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 September 1995
Field Visit (9 December 2009)
A very large, grass-covered, circular 12m diameter mound is situated on a natural grassy knoll. Previous surveyors noted the location as a possible broch, but although there are occasional scattered stones on the mound and depsite the general circularity of the site there is little to support this identification.
The remains of a stone built enclosure measuring up to 75m x 50m x 0.4m, aligned N-S. The stone wall encloses a natural mound which has been previously described as a possible broch, with both the east and west ends terminating at the river. An entranceway is discernible halfway along the western side.
(HLP_no 28,143)
Assynt's Hidden Lives 2009
