Township: Cornaigmore

Map Reference: Cornaigmore 150

Name Type: shore

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"It seems that [Beveridge] has overlooked the existence of An Carragh, about 400 yards to the south of the point of Cornaigmore, Briminis ... [on the site of Bothag Chornaig] ... here was a mound or tower about a mile from Dun Beannaig and three miles from Dun Balephetrish, and in full view of both." (MacDougall and Cameron 1937, 91).

There is a sub-rectangular enclosure and central building easily seen on satellite images.

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Informants: Handbook to the Islands of Coll and Tiree, Hector MacDougall and Rev. Hector Cameron, Archibald Sinclair. page 91