Monument record MHG6512 - Dunvannarain
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 4280 7554 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG47NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILMUIR |
Map
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Full Description
NG47NW 2.00 4280 7555.
(NG 4280 7555) Dunvannarain (NAT)
OS 6"map, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
Dun Vannerain (Site) .... is indicated by an irregular heap of stones on which the ruins of a number of old houses.
RCAHMS 1928.
A much robbed cairn, probably chambered, situated on top of a broad ridge sloping gently from NW - SE, at a height of 200ft OD.
The remains comprise an amorphous mound of turf-covered small stones measuring approx. 27.0m N-S by 25.0m transversely and c.0.6m in height, extensively robbed to provide material for five ruined houses and some enclosures which lie upon and around it.
At the junction of a wall with the NW building there are five large boulders, two upright and reaching a height of 1.0m. They have been incorporated into and are clearly earlier than the building, and are probably the remains of a chamber.
Visited by OS (A C) 25 April 1961.
2.01 4282 7556 Township (Possible)
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2664 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 18, No. 46.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
