MHG4022 - Harris, Rum
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Mutilated, in rough pasture on raised beach with a SW aspect and an altitude of 30-40m OD.
SMR card.
NM 3407 9568 A - About 40m WNW of a recent fank there is a stony mound 3.5m diameter and 0.4m high; it is surrounded by a slight hollow which appears to cut through the crest of the adjacent rig.
NM 3403 9569 B - Some 35m WNW of (above) there is a stony mound 6m diameter by 0.3m high; it is surrounded by a slight hollow.
Soc Ant Scot:1983: Arch Sites & Mons of Rhum; RCAHMS; p7, No 3 (3-4).
NM39NW 4 341 955.
(NM 340 956) Ring of waterworn boulders, each about 1' in diameter, with smaller stones in the interior, suggesting a demolished round cairn, about 15' in diameter. Possibly the foundations of a hayrick, especially as it lies about 100 yds to the south of a pre-clearance settlement.
G C David 1967
A robbed stony mound about 6.5m in diameter and 0.3m high at NM 3403 9569. The stones round the edge are no larger than those inside and are not part of a kerb. There are two or three similar, but not so well- defined robbed mounds in the vicinity (See also NM 39 NW 3). Classification uncertain, but they are more likely to be clearance heaps contemporary with mediaeval cultivation in the area than cairns.
Visited by OS (AA) 14 May 1972
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1420 Text/Publication/Article: David, G C. 1967. 'Rhum; Sgor Reidh, Harris Beach, Glen Shellesder, Guirdil, Loch Scresort, Samhnan Insir', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1967, p.27-9. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 27-9. 28.
- --- SHG2674 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1983. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Rhum, Lochaber District, Highland Region. . 7, No.3 (4-5).
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 3409 9549 (14m by 14m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM39NW |
| Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/21922 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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