Monument record MHG4760 - Ard Beag

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 2504 3685 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG23NE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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Full Description

NG23NE 3 2505 3686

(251 369) On level ground to the south-west of Ard Beag is a well-built stone walled enclosure, containing two smaller enclosures in its north and west corners. An entrance survives on the south-east side.
Information from R C Callander, 7 April 1989.#

A two compartment enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxxii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1965).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 30 October 1996.


Orbost Estate Survey - Hlink, refer to site 138.
J Aitken : 18/02/02

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Miket and Wildgoose, R and M. 1989. 'Survey. Duirinish parish', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1989, p.35-43. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 35-43. 35.
  • --- Text/Report: Martin Wildgoose. 1998. An Archaeological Survey of the Orbost Estate.. .

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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