Monument record MHG5069 - Dunalighlin
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3095 4261 (70m by 70m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG34SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | BRACADALE |
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Full Description
This broch provides the focus for the township NG34SW0005. See child record
JW 10/12/01
NG34SW 2 3098 4260.
(NG 3098 4260) Immediately to the E of the road from Dunvegan to Struanmore, overlooking the mouth of the Abhainn Bhaile Mheadhonaich, and occupying a rocky knoll, some 30 - 40ft high, which surmounts the steep rise from the shore, is a very dilapidated broch. It stands about 200ft OD, and some 300 yards E of the shore of the loch. The wall has been reduced to the foundation course outside, and now appears as a ring of stones and earth 4 - 6ft high. The internal diameter measures from 36 - 37ft and the wall from 11ft 6ins to 12ft in thickness.
RCAHMS 1928.
A broch as described by RCAHMS with an entrance 1.2m wide in the NE quadrant, showing the remains of a door check in its S side. Condition poor.
The township formerly clustered about it was known as Dunalighlin in 1824. (NG34SW 5)
Visited by OS (C F W) 7 April 1961.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 143, No. 481.
- --- SHG9670 Image/Photograph(s): Broch, Dunalighlin. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
