31882: ECC 2.1 Eilean Chalium Cille
Summary:
CAIRN (Early Prehistoric – 500000 BC to 4001 BC)
KERB CAIRN (Early Prehistoric – 500000 BC to 4001 BC)
MARKER CAIRN? (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Kerbed cairn
Location:
NB 38337 20934
Full description:
"The remains of this cairn are located on the slopes above the south-western shore of Eilean Chalium Cille. Measuring 2.5 metres in diameter it has a visible kerb surrounding a low mound that is crested at its centre by a tall stone and turf feature measuring up to 1 metre in height. This upstanding feature is likely to be a navigation cairn placed on top of an earlier (prehistoric) cairn. The overall feature is of a size and form similar to others seen to the east along the southern shores of Eilean Chalium Cille (2.2 and 2.3) that are likely to form the fragmentary remains of a ritual landscape dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages (2)." (Burgess 2004, 71)
References:
Chris Burgess, Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. Northamptonshire Archaeology Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Eilean Chalium Chille and the Putative Site of the Seaforth Head Castle. Part No Loch Seaforth Head Gazeteer.
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Cairn; Marker Cairn; Kerb Cairn
- Period:
- Crofting (1850-1950 AD); Post-Medieval (1540-1900 AD)
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE144670
- Record Maintained by:
- CEP