Monument record MHG5770 - North Cuil
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3957 6398 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG36SE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | SNIZORT |
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Full Description
NG36SE 4 3957 6399.
(NG 3957 6399) Cairn. On the brow of a sharp dip in the low-lying ground at the head of Uig Bay, about 250 yards SW of thee Established Church, and about the same distance from and 30ft above high-water mark, is a cairn of stones of irregular outline overgrown with grass. It measures 54ft NW-SE by 48ft NE-SW and rises 5ft above the higher ground to the E and 12ft above the low ground to the W.
There is a large depression on the top of the cairn, and the surface has been considerably disturbed in other places.
RCAHMS 1928.
Cairn, as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (C F W) 29 April 1961.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- 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. . 204, No. 633.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
