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Skye, Ben Idrigill

Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Site Name Skye, Ben Idrigill

Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 10791

Site Number NG23NW 3

NGR NG 2447 3780

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Skye, Ben Idrigill, NG23NW 3, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Duirinish
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NG23NW 3 2447 3780.

At NG 2447 3780, on the lower SE facing slopes of Ben Idrigill at 650ft OD there are 9 ruined shielings in an angle of a small burn. They are of twin-cell type but are reduced to turf-covered mounds.

Visited by OS (A S P) 12 May 1961; visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/175: 1004-5.

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