Monument record MHG5715 - Gleann Torra-Mhichaig

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Grid reference Centred NG 5395 3070 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG53SW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish PORTREE

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NG53SW 10 5395 3070

On the top of a natural hillock, on the hillside to the E side of the A850, at a height of 80m OD is a circular enclosure 8m in diameter. Within and to the rear of the enclosure is a ruinous shieling of twin cell or figure '8' type, now reduced to twin earth mounds with circular depressions in the top.
Visited by M Wildgoose December 1989.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Miket, R et al.. 1990. 'Survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1990, p.25-8. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 25-8. 25.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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