Dighty Valley - Archaeology Data Service

Close to and N. beyond a fence is a stone 3 ft. 2 ins. x 2 ft.
1 ins. x 7 ins. high, with one cup 4£ ins. x 4 ins. in diameter, shallow,
intersected by a natural scoring along the rock, and with a possibly
natural gutter running to the edge of the stone. All other boulders
exposed on this terrace were examined without result.
BARRNAKILL, CAIRNBAAN
NR/825920. A cross-marked slab bearing an (illegible) Irish
miniscule inscription, now at St. Columba's (Episcopal) Chapel,
Poltalloch, was described as being here in P.S.A.S., LIX, p. 147.
Local information confirms that it stood erect in the low wall of a
circular enclosure 35 ft. in diameter, in marshy ground E. of a
footpath along the foot of a rocky ridge. West of the path a ruined
lime kiln may incorporate an older structure. My informant calls the
enclosure " the Monk's, or Friar's, Graveyard."
NR/821915. The occupants of the farm have re-discovered
a cross cut on bedrock near the SW. end of the ridge, close above
the Crinan Moss and just S. of a small burn which runs into the
Moss. At the SW. end on sloping rock, the cross measures 5£ ins. x
5 ins., each limb with a terminal bar H ins. long; the incisions have
a V-section and are i inch wide and £ inch deep. Close by are
small ruins, one incorporating rocks.
This might well be a " Termon " or cross marking one limit
of a sanctuary area centred on the " Graveyard," but so far no
more crosses have been found. , .
NR/826924. At High Barrnakill, a deserted village N. of the
marsh (reached by the path) is a well with a long covered cistern
and well made steps downwards. The " hands " reported (Discovery
and Excavation, I960, p.5) are on the N. of the small burn about
100 yards NE. from the rock cut cross.
COULAGHAILTRO, K1LBERRY
NR/705652. On the lip of the raised beach terrace is A
rounded enclosure formed by a boulder-core wall 5 ft. 6 ins. thick
and about 1 ft. high, enclosing an area 27 ft. x 30 ft. 6 ins. The
site is overlooked by rising ground inland. It might be a stock
enclosure but seems awkwardly placed at the edge of a steep bank.
EILEAN RICH, LOCH CRAIGNISH (" King's Island ")
Forts: —NM/805023, 799014, 796010.
Three forts exist on this small island. The first, marked on O.S.
maps, is on a ridge rising from a marsh; a sharp-ended oval of
double walling 10 ft. thick and 6 ft. high in places encloses an
area 68 ft. x 20 ft.