Monument record MHG146 - Baithole, Risga
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 6127 6004 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM66SW |
| Old County | ARGYLL |
| Civil Parish | ARDNAMURCHAN |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
There are over sixty 'crotagan', in at least ten groups, and some big natural cavities, all along the E coast of Risga, 10ft to 15ft above high water mark. Local fishermen say that this is the isle's best fishing point.
(Morris defines 'crotagan' as situated on a level, smooth area, abraded very smoothly and near hemispherical in shape, about 6ins in diameter and 3ins deep, found near sea level at a good fishing point; he suggests that they were used as bait-mortars.)
R W B Morris 1969; L M Mann 1922.
These marks are in the area centred NM 6127 6004, and are similar to those on Carna (NM65NW 1).
Visited by OS (R L) 1 June 1970.
The origin and function of these bait-holes or bait-mortars have been discussed within recent years, and there is good evidence that they are of comparatively recent origin.
RCAHMS 1980; R W B Morris 1969.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1644 Text/Publication/Article: Morris, R W B. 1969. 'The cup-and-ring marks and similar sculptures in Scotland: a survey of the southern Counties, part II', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 100 1967-8, p.47-78. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 47-78. 53-5, 64, No. 76.
- --- SHG180 Text/Publication/Article: Mann, L M. 1922. 'Ancient sculpturings in Tiree', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 56 1921-2, p.118-26. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 118-26. 122.
- --- SHG2660 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1980. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). . 10.
- --- SHG475 Text/Publication/Article: Fenton, A. 1973. 'Craig-fishing in the Northern Isles of Scotland and notes on the poke-net', Scot Stud Vol. 17 1973, p.71-90. Scot Stud. 71-90. 74.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
