Skye, Creag A' Mhill
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Creag A' Mhill
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 114772
Site Number NG25SW 27
NGR NG 2422 5032
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/114772
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
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)
Note
A farmstead, comprising two unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxi) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 24 October 1996.
