Monument record MHG5242 - Dun Chlo

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Grid reference Centred NG 6180 0150 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG60SW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish SLEAT

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NG60SW 7 618 015.

On a promontory bearing the placename Dun Chlo. A discontinuous grassy bank encloses a roughly circular area, 9-10m in diameter. Single outer facing stones on the SW arc. Two short stretches of outer walling to the SE on the seaward side. The dun is mentioned in the Statistical Account of 1795.
C Swanson 1982; OSA 1795.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Swanson, C. 1982. 'Skye (Sleat p) dun', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1982, p.15. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 15. 15.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Sir John Sinclair (ed.). 1791-9. The statistical account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. Vol. 16, 538.
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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