Monument record MHG5644 - Coroghon Mor, Canna
Summary
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NG 2790 0560 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NG20NE |
Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
Alterations to the track approaching the 'prison' at Coroghon Mor (NG20NE 4) and construction of a British Telecom building there, exposed a number of layers of ash and shell midden separated by thick deposits of loam washed down from the adjacent slopes. Substantial quantities of decorated and undecorated low-fired Iron Age pottery had apparently come from the highest of these layers, on the N side of the track - below the lowest S-facing slopes of Compass Hill. Cleaning of the section and limited excavation of the ash deposits confirmed the origin of the pottery and indicated the remains of a burnt down structure, the timber and thatch roof of which had fallen and crushed a number of pots. After recording the pottery will be returned to the local collection at Canna House.
Sponsor: NMS.
R M Spearman 1992.
Watching Brief April 2000 on excavations for electricity cabling. Evidence for a layer, possibly associated with the previously recovered Iron Age Midden material was recorded in the area of the exchange as were the remains of the cobbled surface and the foundation trench for Coroghon Barn. Report in associated documents.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG467 Text/Publication/Article: Spearman, R M. 1992. 'Coroghon Mor, Isle of Canna (Small Isles parish): Iron Age house, pottery', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1992, p.43. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 43. 43.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM