Uig, Skye
Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Uig, Skye
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 11199
Site Number NG36SE 5
NGR NG 3874 6477
NGR Description Centred NG 3874 6477
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11199
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG36SE 5 centred 3874 6477.
Centred at NG 3874 6477 is a settlement of three circular stone-walled huts (A-C).
'A' measures 9.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 4.5m in the W arc and about 3.0m elsewhere. The simple entrance is in the S arc.
B and C are identical and measure 8.5m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 4.5m in the W arc and 3.0m elsewhere. Each has a simple entrance in the S arc.
The huts are on fairly level ground and there is no obvious reason for the expansion of the walls in the W arc, unless it is a protection from the prevailing wind.
In the vicinity of the huts are one or two peat-covered stone clearance heaps and traces of lynchets and an occasional stone wall, probably from contemporary cultivation plots.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 16 September 1971.
