MHG5733 - Linear stone feature - Creachan Lodge, Raasay
Summary
Two parallel lines of stones running across the area.
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
In Boswell's Private Journal of the Hebridean Tour, ed Pottle, C H and Bennett, F A (1963), he refers to a line of 'dry stone buildings' running across Raasay. Perhaps this is to be associated with the parallel lines of stones prominently visible at a point 100m W of Creachan Lodge, crossing the road and the stream c.200m N of the Lodge and visible for some distance up the hillside. The line is not continuous, but the two lines are distinctly separate, of contiguous natural boulders for several stretches; they do not suggest a collapsed wall.
Information contained in Letter from Mr R Sharpe, Trinity College, Cambridge to Ordnance Survey, 15 February 1976.
The survey of Oskaig and Holoman was carried out by ACFA in April 1995 as part of a continuing survey of the Island of Raasay. The Two parallel lines of stones.
Feature 31. Two parallel lines of stones running across the area. These were laid out with the intention of constructing a field boundary which was never built. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 2010 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
Note; The stone lines are between 4 and 8 metres apart at different points and could suggest a possible trackway for cattle to and from a point on the coast? The double line contruction does not suggest the base of a planned field boundary. (TB 19/10/26)
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1338 Text/Publication/Article: Macdonald and Wood, J and J S. 1995. 'Oskaig and Holoman Isle of Raasay (Portree parish), settlement survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1995, p.45. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 45. 46.
- --- SHG2631 Text/Publication/Volume: Pottle and Bennett, F A and C H. 1963. Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 1773. 144.
- <1> SHG21161 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Macdonald. J. & Wood, J.S. (eds). 1995. An Archaeological Survey of two settlements at Oskaig and Holoman on Raasay, Skye and Lochalsh District, Highland Region. Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists (ACFA). 30/01/1995. Digital (scanned as PDF). Feature 31.
- <2> SHG27785 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2010. Getmapping aerial photography 2010. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 5527 3795 (274m by 350m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG53NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | PORTREE |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- https://trove.scot/place/11458 (View record on the HES Trove website)
- https://trove.scot/place/132713 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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