Monument record MHG4110 - Suisnish, Raasay

NG53SE 4 558 348

Immediately to the E of the tramway to the iron mines on the island of Raasay, c. 500 yards NE of the pier at Suisnish, on a heather-covered, gently sloping hillside, 200ft OD, is a group of four small stone cairns buried in peat. The largest cairn, which lies 100ft from the tramway, is 18ft in diameter and 3ft in height; 11 yards to the SE is the smallest, 12ft in diameter and c. 2ft in height; 30 yards ENE is the third, 14ft in diameter and 2ft in height, and about the same distance to the N is the fourth, 16ft in diameter and 2ft in height. As this last cairn encroaches on the line of the tramway a narrow trench has been cut through it near the edge, showing that the mound is formed entirely of stones without any admixture of soil, and is covered with a growth of peat 1ft thick. About 100 yards to the E, beyond a slight ridge, on both sides of a hollow, is a larger group of similar cairns. At least 10 can be counted, several of them in pairs about 9ft apart. They measure from 14 to 16ft in diameter and from 2 to 2 1/2ft in height.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 22 May 1914.

Probable field clearance heaps.
Visited by OS 29 June 1961.

Noted by ACFA 2003 (SMR Report 1430 incl. Pictures)
DEH 20/04/05