Tiree Township: Caolas
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NOSAS visit to Tiree in 2017
Blog writer by John Wombell, including intertidal trackways on a Ruaig beach; nousts and kelp sites on Fadamul, Salum; drilled holes at the harbour, Milton; huts on Kenavara; rock art and the Ringing Stone.
NOSAS, the North of Scotland Archaeological Society, has made several visits to Tiree, in particular, surveying all the rock art.
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Watching brief: Druim nan Caorach, Caolas
Druim Nan Caorach
Watching brief
Iraia Arabaolaza – GUARD
NM 0785 4888 A watching brief was carried out 27–28 January
2010. The work conducted on site prior to the archaeologist’s
arrival had disturbed the NNW corner of a stone circle and a
possible enclosure.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Scottish and Southern Energy
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Inter-tidal structures at Milton harbour
Three inter-tidal oval stone structures to the east of the harbour are revealed at low tide. The survey was conducted by Digital Land Surveys in 2017. They are plausibly fish traps. -
Bronze decorated swivel ring
Bronze swivel ring with a hoop attached to each side, each hoop end in the form of an animal head. A’ Chrois, Caolas -
Stone adze
Perforated (shafthole) stone adze from Crois, Caolas -
Box for 1782 hoard
Silver box given to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1782 as a container for a hoard of coins dug up on Tiree in 1782. Photo. On display -
Fishing rock, Caolas
A’ Charraig Chas ‘the steep fishing rock’, Caolas. Two bait holes can be seen. Picture taken in 2022 by Roland Spencer-Jones of NOSAS