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Skye, Dun Skaich
Corn Drying Kiln (Post Medieval), Croft (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Dun Skaich
Classification Corn Drying Kiln (Post Medieval), Croft (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 331656
Site Number NG51SE 5
NGR NG 59580 12079
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/331656
- Council Highland
- Parish Sleat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG51SE 4 5970 1200.
'On a knoll 100m to the E of Dun Scaich Castle (NG51SE 1), lies an odd construction measuring 7m NW-SE and 5m transversely. An entrance to the site lies in the SE and is 1.2m wide, a bank of rubble encompasses the knoll in the E, standing stones lie on the top of the knoll, all of which are upright.' (Grid reference given by Nicolson falls some 200m SE of the castle, 1000m E of castle gives NG 6052 1207.)
Visited by M C Nicolson 6 April 1990.
External Reference (2011)
Building remains were recorded by the ARCH Community Timeline course in 2011.
For further information, see the Highland HER:
http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG13904
