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Skye, Cnoc A'sga
Dun (Prehistoric), Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Cnoc A'sga
Classification Dun (Prehistoric), Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 10838
Site Number NG24SE 1
NGR NG 2564 4475
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10838
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG24SE 1 2564 4475.
(NG 2564 4475) Dun (NR) (site of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
At the south western end of the summit plateau of Cnoc a'Sga are the very scanty remains of a dun, the stones of which have almost entirely been carted away for building purposes. A few of the outer foundation stones remain in position on the S, and the outline of the fort is marked only by an irregular ring of dislodged blocks. It has been oval on plan, measuring some 63' internally from NE to SW and 59' from NW to SE. The wall has been about 7' thick and there are slight traces of an entrance about 4' wide to the ESE.
(RCAHMS 1928).
Although this dun has been badly mutilated some of the outer facing stones of the NW and SE walls can be traced giving the general shape of the dun nearer square than oval. It measures externally NW-SE 23.0m and approx the same transversely.
At the junction of, and partly overlying the NW and SW walls is a circular cairn about 7.0m in diameter and 1.0m high surmounted by a small modern cairn.
Visited by OS (C F W) 16 May 1961.
OS 1:10,560 map (1969 ed.) notes 'Old Shieling'
Field Visit (10 May 1915)
Dun, Cnoc a'Sga.
On the glebe land of Duirinish parish, about 1 ¼ miles south by east of the manse of Duirinish and 1 ¼ miles north of Orbost House, is Cnoc a'Sga, a flat-topped hill rising to a height of about 250 feet above sea-level. Dominating the low country between Loch Bracadale on the south and Loch Dunvegan to the north-west, it is a prominent feature in the landscape At the south-western end of the summit plateau are the very scanty remains of a dun, the stones of which have almost entirely been carted away for building purposes. A few of the outer foundation stones remain in position on the south and the outline of the fort is marked only by an irregular ring of dislodged blocks. It has been oval on plan, measuring some 63 feet internally from north-east to south-west and 59 feet from north-west to south-east. The wall has been about 7 feet thick, and there are slight traces of an entrance about 4 feet wide to the east-south-east.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 10 May 1915.
OS map: Skye xxi
