Monument record MHG34846 - The Horse Park, Raasay

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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NG53SE 23 5713 3428

Site recorded during a survey carried out by Glasgow University Certificate in Field Archaeology students in April 1998, covering an area of 30ha at Eyre Point, the SE extremity of the island of Raasay.
NG 5713 3428 Higher up, and to the W overlooking the whole area, in what is known as the Horse Park, the remains of a structure were detected, having the general characteristics of a dun. Located at 80m above OD, the site is c 27 x 24m.
The structure is oval, some 20 x 10m, with a southern entrance flanked by two areas of stone tumble, possibly representing guard cells or entrance walling.
There is little remaining evidence of outer walling but two features were noted within the structure. The first is a central banked area 10?11m in diameter with the bank reaching 1m high by 1m wide at the most. No entrance could be discerned. The second is a sub-rectangular drystone feature, 3 x 2m with 1m thick walls and an eastern entrance, which is likely to be a later intrusion relating to the field boundary and a sheep pen lying to the W of the stone tumble.
A more detailed summary has been lodged with the NMRS.
L Masters 1998