10 Cornaigbeg, Tiree
Watching brief
David Sneddon – Clyde Archaeology
NL 9920 4547 A watching brief was undertaken between 30 July
and 1 August 2020 during excavation related to the construction
of a house on land S of 10 Cornaigbeg, Kenovay, Isle of Tiree.
The location of the new house lay approximately 50m to the N
of Dun Ceann a’ Bhaigh (Canmore ID: 21421, WoSAS Pin: 15).
Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (2020), p. 31)
A substantial deposit of windblown sand was uncovered beneath
the topsoil which appeared to have been deposited during at
least two significant storms. A series of cultivation remains were
present on top of the windblown sand. Beneath the windblown
sand lay an old ground surface which sealed three pits that were
partially revealed within one small area of the trench. Although
only partially excavated the fills of these pits, and a fourth pit
which cut through the old ground surface, were extremely sterile.
Although of some antiquity, the absence of any additional remains
means the date and purpose of these features remains unclear.
Two unstratified small body sherds of possible prehistoric pottery
were also recovered.
Archive and Report: NRHE
Funder: Private individual