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Skye, Carn Dearg

Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)

Site Name Skye, Carn Dearg

Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 69856

Site Number NG51NE 20

NGR NG 5985 1570

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Strath
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NG51NE 20 5985 1570.

Lying at the centre of a natural grassy shelf on the cliffs, on the S-facing side of Carn Dearg at 75m OD is a single ruinous shieling which measures 4.5m by 1.8m over walls 0.6m wide.

Clearance cairns lie to the N and S.

Visited by J S Wood 2 April 1990.

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