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Dunvannarain, Skye
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible)
Site Name Dunvannarain, Skye
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible)
Canmore ID 11380
Site Number NG47NW 2
NGR NG 4280 7555
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11380
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG47NW 2.00 4280 7555
(NG 4280 7555) Dunvannarain (NAT)
OS 6"map, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
NG74NW 2.01 NG 4282 7556 Township (Possible)
Dun Vannerain (Site) .... is indicated by an irregular heap of stones on which the ruins of a number of old houses.
(RCAHMS 1928).
A much robbed cairn, probably chambered, situated on top of a broad ridge sloping gently from NW - SE, at a height of 200ft OD.
The remains comprise an amorphous mound of turf-covered small stones measuring approx. 27.0m N-S by 25.0m transversely and c.0.6m in height, extensively robbed to provide material for five ruined houses and some enclosures which lie upon and around it.
At the junction of a wall with the NW building there are five large boulders, two upright and reaching a height of 1.0m. They have been incorporated into and are clearly earlier than the building, and are probably the remains of a chamber.
Visited by OS (A C) 25 April 1961.
Field Visit (28 May 1914)
Dun Vannerain, Kilmaluag.
This site, about 1 mile north of Solitote, at an elevation of 200 feet above sea-level, is indicated by an irregular heap of stones on which are the ruins of a number of old houses.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 28 May 1914.
OS map: Skye iv (unnoted).
