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Sanday, Cnoc An Tionail
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Cottage (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Sanday, Cnoc An Tionail
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Cottage (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Canna
Canmore ID 137770
Site Number NG20SE 63
NGR NG 2696 0455
NGR Description NG 2696 0455, NG 2700 0455 and NG 2698 0455
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/137770
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG20SE 63 2696 0455, 2700 0455 and 2698 0455
A roofed cottage (NG 2696 0455), the remains of three rectangular buildings, an enclosure and two concrete platforms lie above the shoreline overlooking the large tidal bay on the N side of Sanday. The largest of the buildings (NG 2700 0455) measures 10.3m from N to S by 3.8m transversely within faced rubble walls 1.3m in thickness and 0.6m in height. This building has been set end-on into the slope and there is a mooring ring visible at its N end. The two concrete platforms are probably no more than the foundations of Nissen huts. The enclosure (NG 2698 0455) lies immediately to the E of the smallest building and is trapezoidal on plan, measuring a maximum of 13.4m by 8.5m.
Four roofed buildings are shown at roughly this location on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, 1881, sheet lix), while a splayed L-shaped range is depicted on an estate map of 1805.
(Canna 70-76).
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 8 March 1996.
Field Visit (8 March 1996)
A roofed cottage (NG 2696 0455), the remains of three rectangular buildings, an enclosure and two concrete platforms lie above the shoreline overlooking the large tidal bay on the N side of Sanday. The largest of the buildings (NG 2700 0455) measures 10.3m from N to S by 3.8m transversely within faced rubble walls 1.3m in thickness and 0.6m in height. This building has been set end-on into the slope and there is a mooring ring visible at its N end. The two concrete platforms are probably no more than the foundations of Nissen huts. The enclosure (NG 2698 0455) lies immediately to the E of the smallest building and is trapezoidal on plan, measuring a maximum of 13.4m by 8.5m.
Four roofed buildings are shown at roughly this location on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, 1881, sheet lix), while a splayed L-shaped range is depicted on an estate map of 1805.
(Canna 70-76).
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 8 March 1996.
