Monument record MHG6282 - Inbhir Dhorrcail

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 8500 0500 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG80NE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish GLENELG

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

On the outwash fan at Inbhir Dhorrcail, and bounded by an earthen head-dyke, there are the remains of a farmstead, comprising three buildings and a kiln, outbuildings, boat-landings, nausts and cultivation ridging. These features are sub-numbered as follows.

1.01 NG 8523 0559 Farmstead; Kiln; Cultivation Remains
1.02 NG 851 054 Buildings; Hearth; Enclosure; Pen; Platform
1.03 NG 8521 0545 Bridge Abutments
1.04 NG 8506 0562 Naust; Landing Place
1.05 NG 8525 0562 Landing Place; Jetty
1.06 NG 853 054 Nausts; Building

Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) 7 June 1991.
RCAHMS 1991.

A farmstead, comprising two unroofed buildings and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet lxxvii). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 31 July 1996.


Smith, I M, 1991, Knoydart: an archaeological survey, 29-31, no. 21; location map, sheet 3 (Text/Report/Fieldwork Report). SHG2668.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Smith, I M. 1991. Knoydart: an archaeological survey. RCAHMS. Digital (scanned as PDF). 29-31, no. 21; location map, sheet 3.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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