Skye, Upper Halistra
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Skye, Upper Halistra
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 70689
Site Number NG25NW 1.20
NGR NG 25100 60090
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70689
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (4 October 1990)
NG25NW 1.20 2510 6009.
This hut-circle is situated at the base of a slope and has been overlain by lazy-beds. Inner facing stones are visible to the W, and there are traces of outer facing stones to the E. The hut-circle measures 5.2m within a faced stony bank 1.3m in thickness and up to 0.3m in height.
To the SW a boulder set transversely to the bank may mark the position of the entrance. A lazy-bed on the E side appears to have driven through the centre of the hut-circle before adopting a line around the exterior. Large boulders to the SW are not in situ.
Some 30m to the SW (NG 2507 6007) there is what may be a further hut-circle defined by an arc of stony bank overlain by lazy-beds; it measures about 4.5m in diameter within a stony bank 1.6m thick and 0.3m in maximum height.
(WAT90 996-997)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 4 October 1990.
