MHG4740 - Triangulation pillar - Ardmore Point, Skye
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- (Former Type) CAIRN? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
- TRIANGULATION PILLAR (20th Century - 1952 AD to 1952 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NG25NW 2 2175 5992.
NG 2175 5992. Upon a rocky knoll at the end of Ardmore Point, just over 100ft OD, there is the remains of a turf-covered cairn.
It measures 9.3m in diameter, 0.5m in height and is contained within a kerb of small stones. In the centre is a small pile of stones covering an Admiralty trig station and to the N are two earth-fast boulders.
The size of this cairn and the presence of a kerb suggest that it is an antiquity and not the site of an early trigonometrical station.
Visited by OS (A C) 12 May 1961.
What has previously been described as a cairn is situated on the highest point towards near the tip of Ardmore Point. A hydrographic triangulation station (erected by HMS Cook in 1952) on a concrete pillar has been set into the ground; a number of stones and an earthen mound around the triangulation point may have given the impression of a cairn but probing on the date of visit suggested a minimal stone content, and this was confirmed in the rabbit burrows.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 19 July 1990.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1327 Text/Publication/Article: Baden-Powell and Elton, D and C. 1937. ''On the relation between a raised beach and an Iron Age midden on the Island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides' .', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 71 1936-37, p.347-65. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 347-65. 347-65.
- --- SHG2677 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1993. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Waternish, Skye and Lochalsh District, Highland Region: an archaeological survey. .
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 2174 5992 (14m by 14m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG25NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | DUIRINISH |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/10915 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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