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Mingulay, Skipisdale
Peat Stand (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mingulay, Skipisdale
Classification Peat Stand (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 21363
Site Number NL58SE 23
NGR NL 55757 81671
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21363
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barra
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NL58SE 23 55757 81671
Rectangular platform of massive construction, 2.4m by 3.4m.
Visited by OS 30 August 1973.
What may be a peat-stack stand is situated on N-facing ground in the bottom of Skipisdale. Square on plan, it measures about 3m across and 0.3m in height. The stones forming the N side are coursed, but the W side is formed by a single horizontal slab, and the E side a row of upright stones. No edging was detected on the S, despite probing. Two stones lie roughly 2m distant from the NE and SE corners respectively and appear to have been removed from the edges of the stand. There is a large flat, heel-shaped slab in the interior, which may have fallen into the body of the stand. The stand is surrounded by relict peat cuttings.
MING03 176
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, PJD) 27 June 2003
Measured Survey (30 June 2003)
RCAHMS surveyed the peat-stack stand at Skipisdale, Mingulay with plane-table and alidade on 31 June 2003 at a scale of 1:100.
