Monument record MHG39687 - An Dubh Loch

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 1890 4300 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG14SE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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Full Description

Settlement; embanked cell-structure, "coffin"-shaped building. On the NE shore of An Dubh Loch is a single "double-cell" structure, and a building orientated E-W with an apsidal eastern end and rectangular western end. The walls are 0.6m in thickness enclosing an area 3.9m in length and 1.7m in width, widening somewhat to the east. The entrance lies near the E end of the S wall.
Visited by R Miket, 30 May 1988.


Miket, R, 1988, 'Loch Dubh (Duirinish parish), settlement, cell-structures, building', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1988, p.16, 16 (Text/Publication/Article). SHG1050.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Miket, R. 1988. 'Loch Dubh (Duirinish parish), settlement, cell-structures, building', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1988, p.16. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 16. 16.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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