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Slumbay Island

Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Slumbay Island

Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 76489

Site Number NG83NE 8

NGR NG 896 386

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Lochcarron
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NG83NE 8 896 386.

'N-S across E end of promontory are traces of heavy built walls surmounting terrace slopes. On N side of old look-out station D-shaped outline 11 x 16m. The W side of the promonoty is a sheer cliff. On lower ground two longhouses: one on shore NE side 4-roomed 19 x 5m, the other on isthmus 2-roomed 9 x 6m.'

T C Welsh 1974d.

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