Skye, Gillean
House(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Gillean
Classification House(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 78012
Site Number NG50NE 8
NGR NG 5845 0858
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78012
- Council Highland
- Parish Sleat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG50NE 8 5845 0858.
Lying on the green by the shore 300m to the west of Gillean, at a height of about 10m OD are the ruinous remains of three rectangular houses.
All have rounded external corners and square internal angles.
Building A (at NG 5844 0859) measures 7.5m by 3.1m over walls 0.5m thick.
Building B (at NG 5844 0858) measures 9m by 5m over walls 0.6m thick. A small annex is attached to the NW wall.
Bulding C (at NG 5842 0856) measures 9m by 5m over walls 0.8m thick. A door opening faces NE in the cenre of NE wall.
All three structures are aligned roughly NW-SE.
Visited by P Stansfield 30 March 1991.
R Miket et al 1991; NMRS MS/530.
