Skye, Ben Idrigill
Settlement (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval), Shieling Mound(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Ben Idrigill
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval), Shieling Mound(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 10787
Site Number NG23NW 18
NGR NG 233 382
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10787
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG23NW 18 233 382
On the east side of the Lorgasdal River, immediately at the foot of the west flank of Ben Idrigill, at a height of 165m OD is a large and very complex grouping of boulder built twin-cell structures and shieling mounds. Small cleared plots of ground lie to the south-west of the settlement, with the cleared stone placed in heaps between the plots. A large area of rig cultivation lies under the heather immediately to the west of the settlement. An earth-and-stone dyke surrounds the entire complex. Plan.
Information from S H Bryson 7 April 1989.
