Skye, Ord River
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Skye, Ord River
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Meall Da-bheinn
Canmore ID 11567
Site Number NG61SW 4
NGR NG 6292 1211
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11567
- Council Highland
- Parish Sleat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG61SW 4 6292 1211.
NG 6292 1211 On a shelf on the SW bank of the Ord River, at the foot of Meall Da-bheinn, about 80 feet OD, there is a well-preserved hut circle. It measures internally 5.0m E-W by 5.5m. transversely with turf-covered stone walling 1.3m wide and 0.3m high. The entrance faces SW uphill.
Visited by OS (A S P) 16 June 1961; Visible on RAF air photogrphs CPE/Scot/UK/372: 4023-4.
'A rough circle of small upright stones 6.5m in diameter.' (Noted as stone circle.)
Visited by P Stansfield, 23 June 1991.
R Miket et al 1991; NMRS MS/530.
