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MHG19178 - Port Na H-Uamha

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NM56SE 17 5947 6160
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A small single compartment rectangular structure. 6.50m N-S by 4m, is situated on the N shore of a small bay on the E side of Glenmore Bay. It has been dug into the slope below a steep scarp and is constructed of large blocks of stone in coursed walls, 0.75m thick and 0.90m high. The absence of rubble and the uniform height of the walls suggest that they were not originally much higher, possibly surmounted by a superstructure of perishable materials. An entrance opens through the S end of the E side.

Remains of another possible structure lie further E at NM5951 6152, on bracken-covered ground on the eastern shore of the bay. This consists of two sides of a rectangle, 4m NW-SE by 2.50m, of piled up rubble.
Field Verification Project (West Lochaber) - J Robertson, 03/2004
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(NM 5948 6158) An unroofed structure was shown here in 1875. It is possible this had been used by a fisherman using the sheltered bay to the south. The cave described in the Gaelic name may have been used for storage or as an earlier occupation site. This has been a desk assessment area.
J Wordsworth, SSSIs, Scottish Natural Heritage, 1993

One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xxv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 May 1998

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Grid reference	Centred NM 5948 6157 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM56SE
Civil Parish	ARDNAMURCHAN
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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