MHG5609 - Settlement - Dun Nam Berbh, Canna
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
- BUILDING (Undated)
- SETTLEMENT (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Dun nam Berbh (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
Probably a wheelhouse reduced to its lowest courses. 'Wheel-house' pottery found here is in possession of the laird, J L Campbell, Canna House.
Private 6"map of T C Lethbridge 1953.
An unintelligible pattern of overgrown footings to a cluster of four or five buildings covering an area measuring about 16.0m in diameter.
One building appears to measure about 4.5m NE-SW by about 2.8m, whilst the others are possible oval or sub- circular. All are so denuded and overgrown however, that the plan of the complex is not discernible.
None of the structures can be identified as a wheelhouse.
Visited by OS (I S S) 27 May 1972.
The pottery, still in Mr. Campbell's possession, was found on the ground surface amongst the buildings when a fire burnt off the vegetation. It is coarse undecorated handmade ware of uncertain date. Pottery of this kind was being made well into the medieval period on Canna.
Visited by OS (A A) 2 June 1972.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 2499 0513 (60m by 60m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG20NW |
| Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
Finds (1)
- VESSEL (Undated)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/10736 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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