Skye, Ben Scoval
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Sheep Dip (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Ben Scoval
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Sheep Dip (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 10680
Site Number NG15SE 57
NGR NG 172 509
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10680
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG15SE 57 172 509
On the lower slopes of Ben Scoval at a height of 90m OD are the remains of two stone-built long-houses, 13m by 6m, and 11.3m by 5m overall. The larger house has now been converted to a sheep-dipping complex. Information from J McDonald, A McNicol and J Robinson, 3 April 1989.
A farmstead, comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is a two compartment L-shaped building, and an enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xx). Two unroofed structures and attached lengths of wall annotated as a sheep wash are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 22 October 1996.
