Skiary, Loch Hourn
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skiary, Loch Hourn
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 87552
Site Number NG90NW 1
NGR NG 9290 0710
NGR Description centred NG 9290 0710
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG90NW 1 centred 9290 0710
NG 929 071 On the S shore of Loch Hourn on either side of Allt Coire Mhicrail are the ruins of some 15 buildings both gabled and hip roofed, most of which stand to wall-head height. At the time of the survey for the First Edition OS map most were shown as roofed. Currently only one building is occupied.
R C Callander 1995.
Depicted as a cluster of roofed buildings on OS 1st ed. map of Inverness-shire (Mainland sheet 78, 1876).
Information from RCAHMS (KM) 26 October 1995.
A township, comprising nine roofed buildings, one partially roofed building, two unroofed buildings and five enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet lxxviii). One roofed building, ten unroofed buildings and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 1 August 1996.
