Monument record MHG5082 - Greshornish Point

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 3439 5511 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG35NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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Full Description

NG35NW 1 3439 5511.

(NG 3439 5511) Circle shown with no annotation
OS 6"map, (1965)

A circular stone-walled hut set into an E-facing slope and measuring 8.0m in diameter within a wall 1.4m thick all round. Both the inner and the outer wall face are visible round most of the periphery and show evidence of built courses. The wall is mutilated in the E and debris has spilled into the hut. The entrance in the SE is obscured by debris. Adjoining the entrance, outside the hut, is a boulder wall enclosure of uncertain date, measuring internally 3.3m E to W by 2.1m transversely. Near the hut to the W are traces of an irregular stone-walled enclosure, of indeterminate size, which is possibly contemporary with the hut. Visited by OS (RL) 6 October 1971.

This hut-circle is situated on a gentle SE-facing slope about 100m NNE of the group of shieling-huts NG35SW 31; it measures about 8m in internal diameter and has an entrance protected by a baffle wall on the SE. Adjacent to the W side there is a semi-circular arrangement of boulders about 10m across. To the W of the hut-circle several lengths of orthostatic walling protrude from beneath the peat.
(NG 3433 5511; 3430 5512; 3430 5516; and 3428 5507 to 3429 5504)
(WAT90 1463)
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 21 August 1990.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1993. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Waternish, Skye and Lochalsh District, Highland Region: an archaeological survey. .

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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