Monument record 15002 - Ballantrushal

NB 3771 5353 Sub-circular artificial (grass-covered) platform or cairn of earth and stones, 0.9m high; 6.6m NW-SE by 7.5m at its base; 3.6m NW-SE, by 5m at its shoulder, which is level and stands a maximum of 0.9m above ground which slopes slightly down to the NW, NE and SE.
The land is rough grazing from which all peat was removed in the early 20th century, leaving the exposed glacial till surface with numerous earthfast and loose stones and boulders. Ballantrushal Stone Circle (NB35SE 58; DES 2002, 118-9) lies 115m away. In the same area are also lines of stone walls apparently pre-peat, two 20th-century rectangular stone settings of less than 2 x 2m, tracks, and the ruins of a blackhouse.
No local record or memory has been detected of the platform being built. It was used as the foundation for a bothy used by local youngsters before WW1.
Probing confirmed that the original structure is composed of soil and scattered stones, none of which are exposed. On top of the structure, but not centrally, there is a 'modern' rectangular hollow, 1.3 x 2.4m and nearly 0.25m deep, with some outcast stones up to 0.4m around its edges.
From the platform, the midsummer sun sets into the sea directly above the Trushal Stone, 300m away. Only the top part of the stone can be seen. The circle of standing stones which once stood around the Trushal Stone could not have been seen. It is notable that the platform is located at the top of sloping ground in a very limited area from which the sea and the Trushal stone can be seen.
Curtis and Curtis 2004, 132

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