Monument record MHG17890 - Old Man of Storr, Skye

NG55SW 5 5045 5338.

Dun, also shieling: recorded in July 1994 within the 1 square kilometre area of a proposed tourist development. Full details are lodged with Dualchas, Skye and Lochalsh Museums Service.
Sponsor: Skye & Lochalsh District Council.
Dualchas 1994f. <1>

On the summit of a very prominent rocky knoll are the degraded remains of a snall fortified structure or Dun. Short lengths of walling survive on the east and south sides of the summit: in one instance standing to 1.5m in height. A well made ramp spirals up the north and east sides of the knoll and enters the Dun through a deeply cut hollow, probably the remains of the original entrance.

Lying at the foot of the knoll on its west side and within a few meters of the dun are the degraded remains of a stone built single cell shieling. The cell which is rectangular in plan lies on an east-west alignment and measures 3m by 2m over boulder walls, 0.5m thick. An entrance lies in the centre of the south facing side. <2>