Skye, Upper Halistra
Shieling Mound(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Upper Halistra
Classification Shieling Mound(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 70686
Site Number NG25NW 1.17
NGR NG 253 601
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70686
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (4 October 1990)
NG25NW 1.17 253 601.
There are at least nine shieling-mounds to the NE of a dyke which may at one stage have been the head-dyke of Upper Halistra. At least four mounds have indications of huts on them, and the largest, to the S, measures 20m by 12m and 0.9m in height and is overlain by a field bank.
(WAT90 983-991)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 4 October 1990.
