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Skye, Dunelireach
Dun (Prehistoric), Farmstead (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Dunelireach
Classification Dun (Prehistoric), Farmstead (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 10859
Site Number NG24SE 3
NGR NG 28879 41862
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10859
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG24SE 3 2888 4182.
(NG 2888 4182) Dun (NR) (site of)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
Dunelireach - the site of a dun, now occupied by a crofters cottage. (RCAHMS 1928)
The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) says the cottage was built probably from the stones of the ancient building. (Name Book 1870)
RCAHMS 1928; Name Book 1870.
The site is still known as Dunelireach and occupies the summit of a low knoll. No traces of a dun now remains and the cottage that occupied its site is itself ruined.
Visited by OS (C F W) 15 May 1961.
