Monument record MHG42093 - Achnahannait
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 5109 3759 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG53NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | PORTREE |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Centred on 511 376
Name: NG 511 376. 'Achnahannait', Field of the Annat, suggests the existence of an Annat, and "wherever there is an Annat there are traces of an adjacent chapel or both; very often, too, the Annat adjoins a fine well or clear stream" (Watson 1926).
There is nothing conclusive visible on air photographs (RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/274: 4374-5) nor does the ONB add anything.
Name Book 1877; W J Watson 1926
A crofting township comprising twenty-seven roofed, ten unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building, their associated enclosures and field walls, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1879, sheet xxx). Nine roofed, eighteen unroofed buildings, their associated enclosures and field walls and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1986).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 November 1996
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2918 Text/Publication/Volume: Watson, W J. 1926. The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland: being the Rhind lectures on archaeology (expanded) delivered in 1916. 251.
- --- SHG3397 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 8, 96.
- --- SHG6 Text/Publication/Article: Macdonald, A. 1973. '"Annat" in Scotland: a provisional review', Scottish Studies, Vol 17, pp 135-46.
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Protected Status/Designation
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Record last edited
Dec 10 2009 5:09PM
