MHG5624 - An T-Oban, Sanday
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Four cairns seemingly linked by a drystone wall (NG 2823 0909) and two isolated cairns (NG 2806 0919) occur on the S side of Sanday, almost due S of Canna pier, at Ant-Oban overlooking Camas Danabhaig. They are roughly oval and vary in length from 10-23ft, and in breadth from 8-17ft, the major axis usually being NE and SW (RCAHMS 1928).
One of the isolated cairns was excavated in 1924. Finds included coarse potsherds of a class found in kitchen-middens and brochs in the W of Scotland; flint chips, including a thumb-scraper,; a limpet-hammer; pumice and minute fragments of burnt bone not certainly human (T C Lethbridge 1925).
T C Lethbridge 1925; RCAHMS 1928; Private 6"map, annotated by T C Lethbridge, 1953.
Centred at NG 2827 0415 on a NW-facing slope below a low crag are four turf-covered stony mounds, each about 15.0m apart, three of them linked by the remnants of a wall. The dimensions are generally as described by the RCAHMS.
Lethbridge's excavation is still plainly visible in the mound directly under the crag and not in one of the "isolated cairns". These are not cairns they are almost certainly the ruins of old bothies.
The 'two isolated cairns' noted by the RCAHMS are at NG 2851 0409. Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (I S S) 30 May 1972.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 218, No. 682; section fig. 308.
- --- SHG780 Text/Publication/Article: Lethbridge, T C. 1925. 'Exploration of a cairn on Canna', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 59 1924-5, p.238-9. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 238-9. 38.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 2827 0415 (14m by 14m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG20SE |
| Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/10759 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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