Skye, Allt A' Choire
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Allt A' Choire
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 75053
Site Number NG62SW 92
NGR NG 6482 2218
NGR Description centred on NG 6482 2218
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/75053
- Council Highland
- Parish Strath
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG62SW 92 centred on 6482 2218
On the W side of the Allt a' Choire 50m from the Broadford to Heast road at 52m OD are the turf-covered remains of a considerable settlement. The remains consist of at least 2 longhouses, 3 byres and perhaps 6 small enclosures. A mains water pipe has cut through the northernmost longhouse. Numerous field dykes radiate from the settlement.
Visited by C Stansfield 4 April 1990
NG 648 223 - NG 662 215 As a follow-up to the survey undertaken by Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists in the Broadford to Ord area (ACFA 1993), a detailed field survey was undertaken by students in the 2nd year of thye Glasgow University Certificate in Field Archaeology course, in the hinterland to the S of Harrapool and SW of Skulamus. Over fifty rectangular to sub-rectangular buildings were recorded, varying in building material from turf to stone, together with associated small enclosures, field banks, rig cultivation and sheep-washes, indicative of pre- and post- clearance land use.
Sponsor: DACE, University of Glasgow
L Masters 1995
An unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xlvi) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 3 December 1996
Field Visit (22 August 2013 - 28 August 2013)
NG 6400 1945, NG 6475 2215 and NG 5922 2670 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were carried out, 22–28 August 2013, in advance of the construction of water main between Broadford and Strollamus, a water main along the lower stretches of Glen Suardal, a site compound area adjacent to the Heaste Road, and track access and haulage routes from a compound to Loch Buidhe and Loch Lonachan. Sites recorded included post-medieval settlement remains, including boundary dykes; two post-medieval bridges; a dam, sluice and the degraded remains of a former boat house; and the former track bed of the Skye Marble Railway line.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Report: Highland HER and ADS
Funder: Scottish Water Solutions
Steven Birch, West Coast Archaeological Services, 2013
(Source: DES)
