Monument record MHG4795 - Colbost, Skye

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Grid reference Centred NG 2029 4900 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG24NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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NG24NW 11 203 490.

NG 203 490. A fine group of about 16 shielings situat- ed on a NE facing slope, on a bank of a burn below a waterfall, at about 500ft OD.
The huts, of twin- and triple-cell type, are generally reduced to turf-covered oval mounds up to 2.0m in height, though some are well-preserved and the dry-stone walling is intact.
Visited by OS (A S P) 11 May 1961; Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/175: 1287-8

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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