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Allt Fearns, Raasay
Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Allt Fearns, Raasay
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 80389
Site Number NG53NE 74
NGR NG 5796 3599
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG53NE 74 5796 3599
Lying 46m to the N of the Inverarish to Fearns road and just E of a large area of enclosed rig cultivation, at 155m OD is a tumbled mound of stone.
The mound lies within an area of grass surrounded by heather and bracken. A well defined kerb surrounds the mound and measures 10.8m in diameter. Within the kerb are the remains of a small circular shieling type structure which measures 2m in diameter.
Visited by J S Wood, 25 March 1991.
R Miket et al 1991; NMRS MS/530.
Ground Survey (April 2009)
Survey
J Macdonald and J Scott Wood – ACFA
The survey of the following sites was carried out in April 2009 as part of a continuing programme to record the physical remains of human activity on the Island of Raasay. The survey covered an area of c20 sq km from Beinn a Chapuill in the N (NG 5710 4390) to the Inverarish to Fearns road in the S (NG 5755 3600).
The field survey recorded a total of 155 sites. Most of the sites are from the 18th and 19th centuries but a number of much earlier structures were recorded, mostly on the E coast in the form of rock shelters. These shelters were also being investigated by Professor Karen Hardy and students from the University of Barcelona. The later sites range from small individual structures such as lambing/twinning pens, shieling huts and stores to two large shieling sites at Meall Daimh and Satir.
Meal Daimh is situated at NG 57040 40375 and comprises some 10 structures. Satir is the larger of the two sites and comprises 24 structures at NG 57851 35980. One enigmatic site (feature 28) at NG 57700 38858 lies above the W shore of Loch na Mna and consists of a small ruined stone structure with two lines of stone running out from it to form a V shape, with the open end of the V terminating at a cliff edge above the loch. No explanation of its purpose could be found.
Report: RCAHMS
Funder: Glasgow Archaeological Society and The Robert Kiln Charitable Trust
