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Skye, Dun Borrafiach
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Dun Borrafiach
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 71401
Site Number NG26SW 2.02
NGR NG 2355 6368
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/71401
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (28 June 1990)
NG26SW 2.02 2355 6368.
On the slopes to the S and W of Dun Borrafiach are at least eleven shieling-huts, some of which are slightly mounded and some may have two compartments. Two are built into the broch tumble and one is attached to a field-bank that is primary to the field-system.
(WAT90 1446)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 28 June 1990.
