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Skye, Cnoc A' Sga

Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval)

Site Name Skye, Cnoc A' Sga

Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval)

Canmore ID 10808

Site Number NG24NE 8

NGR NG 2535 4575

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NG24NE 8 2535 4575

Lying 250m to the south of the road to Colbost by the track that leads to Cnoc a' Sga at a height of 23m O.D. is a large oval earth-and-stone banked enclosure which measures 140m north to south by 146m east to west. Rig cultivation is visible within the enclosure.

Information from J P, 3 April 1989.

One large enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxi) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 24 October 1996.

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