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Rigg, Skye
Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rigg, Skye
Classification Burial Ground (Period Unassigned), Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11518
Site Number NG55NW 3
NGR NG 519 563
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11518
- Council Highland
- Parish Snizort
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG55NW 3 519 563.
(NG 519 563) Rigg is a depopulated township with two periods of occupation. The first is represented by at least ten houses with a number of outbuildings, yards and enclosures, all in a very ruinous condition. There is also a small disused burial ground, surrounded by a stone wall, and containing one crude, uninscribed, headstone. There are extensive areas of lazy-beds surrounding the township.
The later settlement, a ruined sheep-farm, comprises a main building of mortared rubble masonry with outbuildings (one still roofed), yards and sheep-pens.
Visited by OS (A C) 30 April 1961.
