Monument record MHG7520 - Slumbay Island

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Grid reference Centred NG 8959 3860 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG83NE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish LOCHCARRON

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'N-S across E end of promontory are traces of heavy built walls surmounting terrace slopes. On N side of old look-out station D-shaped outline 11 x 16m. The W side of the promontory is a sheer cliff. On lower ground two longhouses: one on shore NE side 4-roomed 19 x 5m, the other on isthmus 2-roomed 9 x 6m.'
T C Welsh 1974d.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1974. 'Slumbay, walling etc.', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1974, p.60. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 60. 60.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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