Monument record 14428 - Tom a'Thuiris, Ballantrushal

NB 3717 5335 There is a small but conspicuous high point W of Ballantrushal in rough moorland where extensive area of peat were cut in the past. About 15m NE of the high point which is covered by uncut peat, there is a row of five stones, maximum size 0.4m, one course deep and about 2m long, set directly on the till in a 20th-century peat cutting, and extending at least 2m under the adjacent uncut peat (0.3-0.6m deep). A group of seven larger stones, up to 1.1m long, lie in an adjacent area, 2 x 2.5m, close to flat bedrock also exposed by the peat cutting. The stones may have been dislodged by peat cutting…
Curtis and Curtis 2004, 135


SABS 67: Ballantrushal, Tom a'Thuiris stone setting NB 3717 5335

This small hillock has been partially stripped of peat, which has revealed stones, which have been suggested as possible settings (Curtis and Curtis in DES 2004, 135). There are boulders and bedrock eroding from below the peat all over the SABS survey Area B, however, due to the position of this site on a high point it is possible that this group of stones may be proehistoric stone settings. There is already a peat track around the hillock, but otherwise the high ground should be avoided.

Barrowman 2007, 40-1

Council for Scottish Archaeology, 2004, Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41193.

Rachel Barrowman, 2007, Siadar Active Breakwater Scheme: Desk-based assessment, walkover survey and recommendations (Unpublished document). SWE41165.