Skye, Creag A' Mhill
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Creag A' Mhill
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Suardal
Canmore ID 114771
Site Number NG25SW 26
NGR NG 245 506
NGR Description Centred on NG 245 506
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/114771
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG25SW 26.00 centred on 245 506
26.01 2424 5081 Farmstead
A township and farmstead, comprising nine unroofed buildings, three enclosures, a field-system and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxi). One roofed building, ten unroofed buildings, a field-system and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 24 October 1996.
Field Visit (18 November 2019 - 19 November 2019)
NG 25219 50480 (N area centred) and NG 25344 47923 (S area centred) A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were conducted at Totachocaire Farm, near Dunvegan, Isle of Skye. The survey area included a northern area around Totachocaire and Glen Suardal, and a southern area around Druim na Creige and St Mary’s church on the N side of Dunvegan village. The survey was required in advance of a woodland planting scheme.
The walkover survey was undertaken on 18–19 November 2019, with a total of 65 archaeological sites identified. Sites comprised two prehistoric hut circles (Canmore ID: 10931) as well as numerous medieval and post-medieval farmsteads (Canmore ID: 114771, 114768, 114772), shielings (Canmore ID: 114769, 114773), enclosures (Canmore ID: 305913), dykes and rig and furrow cultivation remains. Mitigation measures are recommended to safeguard the sites during woodland planting.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Scottish Woodlands
Lindsey Stirling – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES Vol 21)
