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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.
Project (30 August 2012 - 12 January 2014)
NG 39778 69105 and NG 39620 68670 An archaeological field evaluation was undertaken at a location east of Kilmuir, Trotternish, in the Isle of Skye. The field evaluation failed to recover any significant additional evidence to support the initial interpretation and potential function of the two archaeological features.
Information from S Birch - West Coast Archaeological Services
OASIS ID: westcoas1-168431
Field Visit (30 August 2012)
A detailed survey of the hut circle site was carried out. Several outer and inner wall facing stones (orthostats) can be seen in the SE arc of the structure, while the E arc has been truncated by a narrow, lightly metaled track of post-medieval date measuring 1.5m wide. The surviving entrance located in the W arc of the hut is flanked by two earth-fast stones on the N side and a single stone to the S, defining as passage approximately 1.5m long and 0.8m wide. The interior of the hut slopes downhill to the W and is undulating, and has partially filled with peat forming a wet environment within the structure; while the structure appears to have been built on the slope rather than being revetted into it. Vegetation covering the hut circle includes grass, heather, rushes and moss. No additional features were identified in close proximity to the hut circle structure.
Information from S Birch - West Coast Archaeological Services
OASIS ID: westcoas1-168431
Watching Brief (12 November 2012)
An archaeological watching brief at the main water treatment works development site was carried out. The development site sloped downhill from an existing track in a westerly direction with the prehistoric hut circle located within the centre of the ground works. A dense spread of stone was noted to the SW of the hut circle, but it did not display any structural shape or form. It was located close to a post-medieval or modern track-way and may well have been associated with this. There were no other features or finds found during the watching brief, which was a surprise considering the close proximity of the soil strip to the perimeter to the hut circle.
Information from S Birch - West Coast Archaeological Services
OASIS ID: westcoas1-168431
Field Visit (23 August 2013)
A follow-up visit was made to the Kilmuir development site to inspect and survey the hut circle site upon completion of all ground and construction works. The site ground works, has anticipated, had encroached within 2 metres of the hut circle on the W side – the ground here having been graded at an angle from the access track up to the original ground level immediately outside the bank of the structure. No additional archaeological features, deposits or small finds were visible within the graded sediment slope.
Information from S Birch - West Coast Archaeological Services
OASIS ID: westcoas1-168431
