Monument record 8444 - Ceann nan Clachan

The remains of a sub-circular structure, c. 8m by 6m externally, lie to either side of an artificial channel flowing into Ceann na Clachan. Two arcs of grassed bank are present to either side of the channel, c. 2m wide and up to 1m high, defining a hollow central area. The juxtaposition of structure and water channel could be coincidental - resulting from the cutting of a drainage ditch through an earlier structure, although the channel appears to redirect water from a natural stream, and thus a milling function with a lade is an alternative explanation. The structure is depicted as a rectangular, unroofed feature on the current OS map, but is absent from earlier OS editions.

Andrew Dunwell, 1998, Vallay Strand Project 1995-7 (Unpublished document). SWE41015.