31912: ECC 5.4 Eilean Chalium Cille
Summary:
CAIRN (Crofting to Modern – 1850 AD to 2050 AD)
CLEARANCE CAIRN (Crofting to Modern – 1850 AD to 2050 AD)
Clearance cairn
Location:
NB 38551 21183
Full description:
"Modern clearance consisting of large boulders dragged (by machine) into an oval heap measuring 6 x 4 metres and orientated from west to east. Part of a programme of clearance and drainage improvements made to the west end of Eilean Chalium Cille during the mid 1980s. A fragment of stone bowl/quern (11) was noted within the cairn." (Burgess 2004, 80)
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; Clearance Cairn
- Period:
- Crofting (1850-1950 AD); Post-Medieval (1540-1900 AD); Modern (1901 AD – present)
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE144700
- Record Maintained by:
- CEP