Skye, Tote, Skeabost
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible)
Site Name Skye, Tote, Skeabost
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Snizort Beag
Canmore ID 11286
Site Number NG44NW 7
NGR NG 4140 4905
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11286
- Council Highland
- Parish Snizort
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG44NW 7 4140 4905
NG 4140 4905. Some 35.0m NW of a small croft on the E shore at the head of Loch Snizort Beag is a large, probably chambered, cairn measuring 31.0m NW-SE by 24.0m transversely and 3.2m high. It is composed of loose stones and although robbed is in good condition. It traditionally covers the slain of a battle between the Macleods and the Macdonalds; AD 1539 ( v. NG44NW 2). Although today the cairn is oval rather than round, this is almost cetainly due to slip along the NW-SE axis which is on the line of a small ridge
Visited by OS (C F W) 24 April 1961.
