Monument record MHG5310 - Broadford
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 6400 2300 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG62SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | STRATH |
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Full Description
NG62SW 15 c 64 23
About 1880 an earth-house was discovered by a labourer ploughing in a field called "Goirtean nan h-uamha" (the field of the cave). A subterranean passage was found extending about 100ft towards the sea, and capacious enough to admit a person on all-fours. It terminated in a circular chamber, which contained some sheep-bones, a few cinders and a quern.
G L Gomme 1886; RCAHMS 1928; D Lamont 1913.
All knowledge of this earth-house and its site seems to have been lost, even the field name is no longer recognised.
Visited by OS (C F W) 13 June 1961.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2270 Text/Publication/Volume: Gomme, G L (ed.). 1886. The Gentleman's Magazine library: being a classified collection of the contents of the Gentleman's Magazine from 1731 to 1868: archaeology. pt 1, 175-6.
- --- SHG2404 Text/Publication/Volume: Lamont, D. 1913. Strath: in Skye. 9.
- --- 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. . 215, No. 677.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
