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Skye, Loch An Ime
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Skye, Loch An Ime
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 11563
Site Number NG61SE 1
NGR NG 6811 1014
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11563
- Council Highland
- Parish Sleat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG61SE 1 6811 1014.
(NG 680 099) Enclosure or Hut Circle, Loch Borovaig. Some 300 yards N of a dun (NG60NE 5) is a circular enclosure 18ft in diameter
internally surrounded by a stone wall 4ft thick and 1ft high, of
which the outer and inner facings of boulders remain. The entrance is from the E. A tortuous stone wall has been erected some distance to the N and S of the circle. This is probably of late date.
(RCAHMS 1928).
A hut circle as described by RCAHMS. It is situated on a sheltered shelf at NG 6811 1014. About 50m to the SW, built against a low rock face, there is a small circular hut measuring 2.0m in internal diameter, probably a shieling.
Visited by OS (A C) 13 June 1961.
Field Visit (7 May 1914)
Enclosure or Hut Circle near Dun, Loch Baravaig.
Some 300 yards north of this dun is a circular enclosure 18 feet in diameter internally surrounded by a stone wall 4 feet thick and 1 foot high, of which the outer and inner facings of boulders remain. The entrance is from the east. A tortuous stone wall has been erected some distance to the south and north of the circle. This is probably of late date.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 7 May 1914.
OS map: Skye lviii (unnoted).
Note (July 2011)
This feature could not be found during a pre-afforestation survey by Wordsworth Archaeological Services in November 2000. It was suggested that this was due to confusion between a site at NG 68247 10222 (NG61SE 52, Wordsworth site 13) and another site to the W of the proposed Woodland Grant Scheme boundary. He concluded that the original RCAHMS' reference of 1928 would appear to agree with a site at c NG 680 100, but the OS description from 1961 is probably that of the aforementioned NG61SE 52, though the dimensions do not agree. There is therefore no hut circle/roundhouse at this recorded position.
Information from Ishbel MacKinnon, July 2011.
Srp Note (29 September 2011)
This site was not found at this grid reference in March 2009. However, a hut circle matching this description was located at NG 6824 1021. Information from SRP Camuscross, April 2010.
