Monument record MHG5333 - Storab's Grave
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NG 5609 4166 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NG54SE |
Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
Civil Parish | PORTREE |
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Full Description
NG54SE 1 5609 4166.
(NG 5609 4166) Storab's Grave (NR). (Site of).
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
On the right bank of Allt a Bhraghad at Brae, about 30 yards from the E side of the road some 3 1/2 miles N of Raasay House, is a slight plateau in the angle formed by the burn and a small feeder from the S, on which is a slight circular stony mound 10' in diameter and about 1' in height, with several stones set curblike around the edge. This is known as Storab's Grave, and seems to be a denuded small cairn. According to Seton Gordon is allegedly the grave of Storab, son of a King of Norway, killed whilst on a raiding expedition.
RCAHMS 1928; S Gordon 1950.
'Storab's Grave', a denuded cairn, 3.5m in diameter, 0.3m high, with the remains of a kerb.
It lies 22.0m West of the road, and not East as stated by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (A S P) 12 June 1961.
The survey of Balachuirn, Balmeanach, Brae, Inbhire (Inver on OS 1:10,000 map) and the surrounding area was carried out by ACFA in April 1996 as part of a continuing programme of recording the physical remains of human activity on the island of Raasay.
NG 5609 4165 Mound 6 x 2m, 'Storab?s Grave'.
Sponsors: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Glasgow Archaeological Society.
J Macdonald and J Scott Wood 1996
It is situated 25m west of the public road on the rim of the plateau on which the ruined settlement of Brae is located. It is in a very degraded condition and lies outside the modern enclosing fence overlooking the Alt a'Bhraghad.
In the past the feature has been reported as being circular in plan but careful survey reveals it to be almost square at 3.4m x 3.7m. The edge of the cairn is defined by a kerb of stones with only the south side indicated by a grassy slope. The cairn is only 0.35m high and is turf and heather covered.
Cultivation rigs can be traced all about the cairn outside of the modern fence. This is evidence that an old turf and stone bank once existed around the edge of the plateau, the edge of which is eroding and slipping down the slope into the burn. The cairn itself is now close to the edge and may well follow suit in the future.
Sponsors: HS and ACFA
J. MacDonald and J.S. Wood 1999 and 2000
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2274 Text/Publication/Volume: Gordon, S. 1950. Afoot in the Hebrides. 135.
- --- SHG229 Text/Publication/Article: Macdonald and Scott Wood, J and J. 1996. 'Balachuirn, Balmeanach and Inbhire, Raasay (Portree parish), township and general survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1996, p.72-73. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 72-73. 72-73.
- --- 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. . 184, No. 580.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM