Monument record MHG6424 - Dun Boreraig

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Grid reference Centred NG 6133 1615 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG61NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish STRATH

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NG61NW 39 6133 1615

On the shore just above the high water line 200m W of Dun Boreraig is a stone-built hut 5m long by 2.7m wide over walls 0.6m wide. A door opening survives in the eastern long side facing a small burn.
Visited by J S Wood, 2 April 1990.

A single unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet li) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1988).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 29 November 1996.

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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. 27.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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