Treshnish Isles, Cairn Na Burgh Beg Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Cairn Na Burgh Beg Castle stands among the Treshnish Isles, a medieval fortress shadowed by post-medieval lazy beds and medieval nausts. The isles kept sailors, farmers and fighters close to water, stone and hunger. Its exact chamber has gone quiet, but the coasts still move like a living memory.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Treshnish Isles, Cairn Na Burgh Beg Castle as Castle (medieval), Lazy Beds (post Medieval), Naust(s) (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Cairn na Burgh Beg Castle on the Treshnish Isles is a medieval structure, likely built by a local clan or Norse settlers during the early medieval period. It is remembered for its strategic position in the Western Isles and as an example of early coastal defenses in Scotland.

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