Monument record MHG18590 - Skiary, Loch Hourn

NG90NW 1 centred 9290 0710

NG 929 071 On the S shore of Loch Hourn on either side of Allt Coire Mhicrail are the ruins of some 15 buildings both gabled and hip roofed, most of which stand to wall-head height. At the time of the survey for the First Edition OS map most were shown as roofed. Currently only one building is occupied.
R C Callander 1995.

Depicted as a cluster of roofed buildings on OS 1st ed. Map of Inverness-shire (Mainland sheet 78, 1876).
Information from RCAHMS (KM) 26 October 1995.

A township, comprising nine roofed buildings, one partially roofed building, two unroofed buildings and five enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet lxxviii). One roofed building, ten unroofed buildings and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 1 August 1996.

The township at Skiary was extensively surveyed as part of the NOSAS project at Loch Hourn, a programme of fieldwork running from 2000-2009. A plane table survey was completed in 2006. <1>

Please note that detailed information on all of the structures of the twonship is currently awaiting input into the HER. <2>