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Skye, Beinn Chreagach

Shieling Mound(S) (Post Medieval)

Site Name Skye, Beinn Chreagach

Classification Shieling Mound(S) (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 71494

Site Number NG25SE 10

NGR NG 28064 53031

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Activities

Field Visit (16 November 1990)

NG25SE 10 280 530.

A group of eight shieling-mounds is situated on the NE bank of an unnamed burn on the W flank of Beinn Chreagach, four in the gully of the burn and four on the terrace above. Generally oval in shape, they range from 7.5m to 10.5m in length and from 5m to 8m in breadth and stand up to 1.8m in height. Two have dished tops and there is a stony structure on one of them.

(WAT90 917-924)

Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 16 November 1990.

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