Monument record MHG502 - Platform, Allt Creaganach
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NM 6800 5199 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NM65SE |
Old County | ARGYLL |
Civil Parish | MORVERN |
Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
Map
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Full Description
Centred. On the S-facing hillside above the N side of loch Arienas there is a large group of recessed platforms. 77 have been mapped covering an area of about 150 acres stretching from the lochside to approximately 500ft within a mixed deciduous woodland.
The platforms range from 21ft (6.4m) to 33ft (10m) in diameter and are mostly stone revetted.
The deserted and ruined township of Arienas lies within 100m of the E limit of the group. Many of the platforms at that end have been re-used both as foundations for rectangular stone houses, as foundations for small oval turf structures. Others have been re-used as kail yards as the perimeter of these platforms enclose rig and furrow cultivation.
E B Rennie 1992.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG1041 Text/Publication/Article: Rennie, E B. 1992. 'Loch Arienas Woods (Morven parish): group of recessed platforms', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1992, p.42. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 42. 42.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM