Greaulin, Skye
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Greaulin, Skye
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 11185
Site Number NG36NE 12
NGR NG 3962 6867
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11185
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG36NE 12 3962 6867.
At NG 3962 6867 on a NW-facing slope, is a circular stone-walled hut measuring c. 9.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to c. 3.5m all round. Several outer wall facing stones can be seen in the SE. The E arc is clipped by a track. The 'simple' entrance in the W is flanked by two earth-fast stones 1.0m apart. The interior of the hut has filled up with peat emphasising thee way that the hut is laid on the slope rather than being set into it.
Visited by OS (C F W) 1 June 1961 and (R L) 9 September 1971.
Field Visit (July 2005)
Alba Archaeology Ltd, was commissioned by Kirsty Ennion of Ross-shire Black and Veatch in July 2005, to undertake three Desk Based Assessments and Walkover Surveys at Grealin, Kilmaluag and Kilmuir on the Trotternish peninsular, Isle of Skye. A number of previously identified as well as new archaeological aites were encounted and recorded. Mitigation strategies were recommended where appropriate.
Information from Alba Archaeology Ltd.
