Skye, Groban Na Sgeire
Building (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Skye, Groban Na Sgeire
Classification Building (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Groban
Canmore ID 307202
Site Number NG25NW 20
NGR NG 2235 5544
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/307202
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (September 2008 - July 2010)
What may be a hut circle overlain by a later structure, is situated just above the high water mark at Groban na Sgeirge. The possible hut circle is almost oval in shape and measures approximately 9m x 6m internally. It survives as a slightly raised platform defined by a low turf covered stone wall; some stones may have been robbed to build the nearby Tup Park wall which was built c1830. The ground is wet in the centre and it is 0.3m down to hard surface. The footings of a square stone structure, measuring 5m x 5m, overlies the hut circle on its NE side.
To the SE lying just above the high water mark is a clearance cairn or stone mound measuring approximately 11m x 7m.
Information from Marjorie MacInnes, October 2010
