Dun Smail, Skye
Dun (Prehistoric)
Site Name Dun Smail, Skye
Classification Dun (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Staffin; Clachan
Canmore ID 11353
Site Number NG46NE 5
NGR NG 4894 6670
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11353
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG46NE 5 489 667
(NG 896 667) Dun Smail (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
At Clachan, about 500 yards SW of the Free Church of Staffin, at an elevation of 200' above sea level, is a rocky knoll rising some 25' above the surrounding ground and tailing away toward the W. The summit is the site of Dun Smail, of which the only remains now visible are the scanty fragments of a wall on the western flank.
(RCAHMS 1928).
Site and condition as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (A S P) 25 April 1961.
Field Visit (27 May 1914)
Dun Smail, Clachan.
At Clachan, about 500 yards south-west of the Free Church of Staffin, at an elevation of 200 feet above sea level, is a rocky knoll rising some 25 feet above the surrounding ground and tailing away towards the west. The summit is the site of Dun Smail, of which the only remains now visible are the scanty fragments of a wall on the western flank.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 27 May 1914.
OS map: Skye vii.
