Monument record MHG5833 - Suisnish

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 5930 1607 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG51NE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish STRATH

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Full Description

Renumbered from NG51NE0008H
JHooper, 18/10/2002
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NG51NE 12.15 5931 1607.

At the western end of the amphitheatre of hills referred to in NG51NE 12.13 and 12.14, and part of the same general group of structures, is a longhouse, byre and enclosure. Lying 6.5m N of a large dyke, the longhouse is aligned N-S and measures 11.5m by 3m over walls 1m thick. The enclosure is attached to the W side of the longhouse using its W wall as one side and measures 18.5m by 15.5m internally. To the S and on the other side of the dyke is a grass-covered ruin which may have been a byre.
Visited by J S Wood 2 April 1990.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- 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. 27.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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