Skye, Maligan, Achachork
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Maligan, Achachork
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 119561
Site Number NG44NE 18
NGR NG 482 458
NGR Description centred on NG 482 458
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119561
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG44NE 18 centred on 482 458
A township comprising fifteen unroofed buildings, five enclosures, a sheepfold, two fields and part of a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxiii). A crofting township now occcupies this site as shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 October 1996
Ground Survey (December 2008 - January 2009)
Desk-based assessment and walkover survey
Claire Shaw – Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd
NG 47005 46321 – NG 48905 45402
Work was undertaken December 2008–January 2009 to assess the potential impacts of water main renewal in the township of Achachork, N of Portree. Eleven sites were identified within 200m of the proposed route of the new pipeline. There is evidence that this area was occupied and exploited from as early as the
Iron Age. The remains of Dun Gerashader (SAM) date to the Iron Age and the presence of several sites in the study area suggests that there is a moderate potential for archaeological remains to occur ranging from the early to post-medieval periods.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Scottish Water Solutions
Watching Brief (June 2009 - August 2009)
Watching brief
Claire Shaw – Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd
NG 4701 4632 – NG 4891 4540 Work was undertaken June– August 2009 to assess the potential impacts of water main renewal in the township of Achachork. A previous GPS survey of the route of the c2km pipeline had identified previously unknown archaeological features (see above). However, no new features of archaeological significance were discovered during topsoil stripping of the pipe trench.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Scottish Water Solutions
