Vaul enclosure
Google Map
Object Type:
Summary
A roughly square enclosure containing a number of compartments. Oral tradition says that these were potato pits, but this is likely to have been an older structure. The date and function is unknown.
‘Mr and Mrs E R Cregeen
NM/046493. Inland less than 100 yds. from Dun Vaul Beg is an area approximately 23 yds. square, surrounded by a V- shaped ditch, 6 ft. across at the top. The inner face of the ditch is built up with small stones in places. The area within the ditch is elevated slightly, and contains a large number of round and oval depressions. The purpose and nature of these, and of the whole complex, is quite obscure.’ (Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1958, pp. 10–12).
See ‘Vaul Mound’
‘Mr and Mrs E R Cregeen
NM/046493. Inland less than 100 yds. from Dun Vaul Beg is an area approximately 23 yds. square, surrounded by a V- shaped ditch, 6 ft. across at the top. The inner face of the ditch is built up with small stones in places. The area within the ditch is elevated slightly, and contains a large number of round and oval depressions. The purpose and nature of these, and of the whole complex, is quite obscure.’ (Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1958, pp. 10–12).
See ‘Vaul Mound’
Links (open in a new window)
https://canmore.org.uk/site/21504/tiree-dun-beag-vaulhttps://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/TIREE1VaulML01.pnghttps://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/TIREE1VaulOrtho-scaled.jpghttps://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-02-at-05.49.57.pnghttps://tireeandcollarchaeology.org/object/vaul-mound/
Island :
Township :
Current Location :
Museum Number :
Period:
Material:
Year Collected:
Collector :
Related Objects