Monument record MHG39906 - Site of Shieling, Dunvegan

Summary

Site of shieling that may have reused and altered an existing hut circle.

Location

Grid reference Centred NG 3048 4822 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG34NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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A stone built, circular foundation with an overlying multi-cell shieling situated at the foot of a small E facing rocky outcrop.
The circular stone foundation measures 10.4m in diameter over walls 1.5m thick. A partially robbed entrance, 0.9m wide at the inner end, is visible on the S side.
The overlying shieling is a complex grouping of two large cells and three small cells, all are contained within the ruins of the circular structure and have been constructed from the stone robbed from the circular foundation.
Report No. 441(Site 1:4)
Dunvegan - Environmental Assessment
Archaeological Walkover Survey
M Wildgoose, Feb. 1997
J Aitken: 25/10/2004
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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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