Allt Chrysal

Nearest town:
Tobermory (97km E)
OS reference:
NL641981
OS sheet:
31
Latitude:
56° 57' 6.49 N
Longitude:
7° 31' 34.68 W
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Image of Allt Chrysal (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thelonious

05/08/2017 – Cairn at Allt Chrisal. Fantastic location and lovely in the evening sun.

thelonious
thelonious Aug 15, 2017
Image of Allt Chrysal (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thelonious

06/08/2017 – Wheelhouse. The cairn is beyond the big rock directly above the pony in the photo.

thelonious
thelonious Aug 15, 2017

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Allt Chrysal

thelonious
thelonious Sep 14, 2018

06/09/2018 – Long day walk visiting the various tops on south Vatersay today. On the way back we just had to visit the wheelhouse at Allt Chrysal. I just love this place. We visit a lot of the old sites and every now and again we come across one that for some reason just grabs us and stays. Standing in the middle of the wheelhouse I felt very lucky to be back. A special place. It’s a site for daydreamers.

Allt Chrysal

thelonious
thelonious Aug 15, 2017

05/08/2017 – Evening stroll from Castlebay to have a look round Allt Chrisal. What a wonderful place it turned out to be. This multi-period site starts near the road with a neolithic settlement behind the ruins of a house (right of stream), then a little higher up is a wheelhouse (left of stream), climb a little higher from here and stone huts are found (keep very close to stream). From here head across the stream and climb up the hillside to above and behind the biggest rock you can see on the right of the stream to a Bronze Age cairn (I think it was near the 130m contour line).

From the road the site is easy to miss if you are driving. There are nice information boards at the start. I did find the map a little hard to follow and the higher up places a bit tricky to find.

The whole hillside is great to just potter about on and the sites very interesting. I really liked the wheelhouse and the placement of the high up cairn. The evening sun was lovely and the view south to Vatersay and beyond just wonderful. I was very taken with the place, so much so that it pulled us back for a further two visits the following week.

Allt Chrysal

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follow that cow Apr 3, 2005

The archaeological monuments at Allt Chrysall (Allt Easdale), Bentangaval, were discovered in 1990 during the archaeological survey which preceded the building of the Vatersay causeway and its approach road. Excavations have revealed at least six phases of human occupation of this ‘preferred site’ overlooking the sound of Vatersay, beginning about 4500 years ago.

source: A Short Visitors Guide To Allt Chrysal, Barra.

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