MHG29554 - Pen - Tairbeart
Summary
A very degraded stone pen.
Type and Period (1)
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 M. Wildgoose at Coille an Torran, Raasay in 1999.
Site 30: Lying on the west side of the same massive outcrop as Site 29, and only 30.0m to the south, is a very degraded stone pen. The pen is wedge shaped and built into a small angle in the cliff face. It measures only 1.5m in diameter over a wall now much collapsed. There is no visible entrance. A well-built boulder wall abuts the cliff just to the north of the pen. <1>
Raasay Survey 2000. Site 56: Situated some 30m to the south of feature 54, is another small but very ruinous pen. This pen is sub-rectangular and, as is Feature 54, is built into the cliff face. It is only 1.50m wide with degraded walls and no visible entrance. A short length of boulder dyke is built at right angles to the scarp to the north of the structure. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <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 30.
- <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 56.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 5914 4917 (20m by 20m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG54NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | PORTREE |
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