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North Uist, Skellor Burial Ground

Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Site Name North Uist, Skellor Burial Ground

Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Dunskellor

Canmore ID 10327

Site Number NF87NW 17

NGR NF 8064 7566

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish North Uist
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NF87NW 17 8064 7566.

(NF 8064 7566) Skellor (NR) (Burial Ground)

OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

Skellor graveyard is situated upon a sandhill at the edge of Machair Leathann. It is still in occasional use and was once probably associated with a chapel, of which there are no remains.

E Beveridge 1911.

Skellor burial ground, as described above, is still used occasionally. No trace of a chapel could be found.

Visited by OS (R D) 16 June 1965.

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