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Skye, Dun Chlo, Tormore

Dun (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Skye, Dun Chlo, Tormore

Classification Dun (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 11556

Site Number NG60SW 7

NGR NG 61758 01510

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Sleat
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NG60SW 7 618 015

On a promontory bearing the placename Dun Chlo. A discontinuous grassy bank encloses a roughly circular area, 9-10m in diameter. Single outer facing stones on the SW arc. Two short stretches of outer walling to the SE on the seaward side.

The dun is mentioned in the Statistical Account of 1795.

Statistical Account (OSA) 1795; C Swanson 1982.

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