MHG29526 - Pen - Tairbeart
Summary
A beautifully built, circular stone pen.
Type and Period (3)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
An archaeological walkover survey of a single, distinct area of proposed planting of natural woodland regeneration was carried by Martin Wildgoose at Coille an Torran, Raasay in 1999.
Site 2: Lying on a south-west facing slope at the foot of a massive rocky outcrop is a beautifully built, circular stone pen. A single birch tree stands just to the south of the site. This well preserved monument still stands to its original height of 1.5m around its entire circuit. It is 9.0m in diameter over walls that are 1.0m thick at the base and 0.7m thick at the wall head. A well built entrance faces to the south-west down the slope. <1>
Raasay Survey 2000. Site 29: A small enclosure, or possibly bothy, 6.0m by 4.50m internally. The walls are approximately 1.50m high extending to 2.0m at the back where they are built on a rock outcrop. The 0.80m wide entrance is at the southwest utilising a massive boulder, probably fallen from the cliff, on its south side. The dry stone construction of the walls is of a considerably higher standard internally than externally. Adjoining the west of this structure a wall butting on to the main structure connects 5m away to the main dyke running the length of the col, thus possibly forming part of another small enclosure. On the west side of the dyke a small stone lined rectangular feature cut into the turf could possibly be the vestigial remains of a sheep dip. <2>
NGR adjusted based on 2009 vertical aerial photographs. <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG21321 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wildgoose M. 1999. Coille An Torran, Isle of Raasay: Planting and Woodland Regeneration Proposal. Martin Wildgoose. 30/10/1999. Digital. Site 2.
- <2> SHG21399 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Macdonald, J. & Wood, J. S. (eds). 2000. A survey of the townships of Arnish and Torran and the surrounding area on Raasay, Portree Parish, Skye and Lochalsh District, Highland Region. Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists (ACFA). 30/01/2000. Paper and Digital. Site 29.
- <3> SHG27382 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2009. Getmapping aerial photography 2009. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 5991 4845 (12m by 9m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG54NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | PORTREE |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Investigations/Events (2)
External Links (1)
- https://www.acfabaseline.info/047-arnish-and-torran-raasay (View report on the ACFA website)
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