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Skye, Totahor
Building (Post Medieval)(Possible), Pen (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Totahor
Classification Building (Post Medieval)(Possible), Pen (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 71166
Site Number NG25NE 17
NGR NG 2904 5638
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/71166
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (2 November 1990)
NG25NE 17 2904 5638.
The old sheepfold at Totahor is situated on the E flank of the hills that form the spine of the Waternish peninsula on the N side of the upper reaches of the Allt nan Suidheag. It is not clear whether or not the sheepfold has been built out of an earlier configuration of buildings on the site, but the N compartment, which has a blocked opening at its NE corner, was built before the E wall. This compartment, which measures 8.5m by 3.6m internally and has squared internal angles and rounded external angles, is comparable in size and shape to other buildings on the peninsula.
The remains of earlier enclosure banks are visible around the sheepfold and another small pen lies about 120m to the NNW.
(WAT90 1475-6)
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH) 2 November 1990.
