Monument record MHG4882 - Coille Grulla, Glen Brittle
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3778 2394 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG32SE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | BRACADALE |
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NG32SE 1 3779 2394.
(NG 3779 2394) On a small plateau on the steep SW slope of Coille Grulla, about 1 mile ENE of Kraiknish and about 200 yards from the E shore of Loch Eynort, at an elevation of about 150' OD, are the remains of a circular cairn some 27' in diameter and 4' in height. It seems to have been reduced in height as the cover stone of the central chamber has been laid bare (RCAHMS 1928).
The central chamber was excavated in 1929 and found to be pentagonal in shape, about 4' in diameter, and formed of six vertical slabs all rising to a height of about 2' from the floor which was composed of small neatly fitted slabs of irregular shape. The chamber contained two beakers, type CA and CB, (M E C Mitchell 1934) and a tiny flint button scraper 0.7" in length.
Both the beakers were retained by Lindsay Scott (W L Scott 1929).
The RCAHMS in their report suggest that the chamber was of beehive shape but this was not borne out by excavation. Their statement that there is no trace of an entrance passage is apparently accepted by the excavator and points to this being a cairn with short cist and not a chambered cairn.
Visited by OS (C F W) 8 December 1960; RCAHMS 1928; W L Scott 1929; 1932; Antiquty, 1929, Vol. 3, 486; M E C Mitchell 1934.
Sited at NG 3779 2394: as described above.
Visited by OS (A S P) 7 June 1961.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1457 Text/Publication/Article: Scott, W L. 1932. 'Rudh' an Dunain chambered cairn, Skye', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 66 1931-2, p.183-213. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 183-213. 185-6.
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 147, No. 492.
- --- SHG2996 Text/Publication/Article: Scott, W L. 1929. Man, p.165-6. Man. 165-6. 165-6; illust..
- --- SHG53 Text/Publication/Article: Mitchell, M E C. 1934. 'A new analysis of the Early Bronze Age beaker pottery of Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol 68 (1933-34), pp 132-89. p 183.
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Record last edited
Jan 15 2010 1:20PM
