Monument record MHG6195 - Kingsburgh, Skye
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3903 5579 (32m by 33m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG35NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | STRATH |
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Full Description
NG35NE 19 3903 5586.
One quarter of a mile N of the N road end of Kingsburgh are the faint grass-grown remains of a broch. The site occupies a craggy knoll, precipitous in the N and E, but in the SE a gentle slope must be navigated where access is easiest. The broch occupies the summit of the knoll, being 14m in diameter. The wall is grass-grown with occasional stones over the site; one or two outer-facing stones lie in the NW. The wall is 3.6m wide. The entrance, 1.5m wide, survives as a gap in the wall to the SE. To the N of the broch a wall cuts off access through a small break in the cliffs. Nearer the broch is another wall, 0.6m high in 3 courses. Much of the walling has been taken to build a large settlement 20m to the W and the large wall in the E.
Visited by M A Nicolson May 1990.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG1580 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. 25-8.
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Record last edited
Oct 22 2013 11:00AM
