Monument record MHG5352 - Torran A'Chleibh
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 8379 1730 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG81NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | GLENELG |
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Full Description
NG81NW 4 8380 1730.
(Area: NG 838 174). A fragmentary and grass-grown circle of stones is situated between Glenelg and Glen Beag at about 500' OD and just E of Correry Farm, and Dun Trotan. It has an internal diameter of c. 30' with a wall 5' thick. Some of the stones are large.
L Bogle 1895.
This is a circular stone-walled house in a poor state of preservation at NG 8380 1730.
It is visible as a platform set into a SW-facing slope, surrounded by a mutilated wall measuring 10.0m between its centres. Entrance not evident.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 26 June 1974.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG1205 Text/Publication/Article: Bogle, L. 1895. 'Notes on some prehistoric structures in Glenelg and Kintail', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 29 1894-5, p.180-90. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 180-90. 180; plan, fig. 1.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
