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River Hinnisdal, Skye
Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name River Hinnisdal, Skye
Classification Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 114713
Site Number NG35NE 32
NGR NG 388 569
NGR Description centred on NG 388 569
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/114713
- Council Highland
- Parish Snizort
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG35NE 32 centred on 388 569
A broch as described by RCAHMS (NG35NE 10: 3891 5688): fair condition. Surrounding it are about 20 ruined houses and yards associated with lazy-beds.
Visited by OS (C F W) 2 May 1961.
A township comprising four unroofed buildings, one of which is attached to a small field-system, and three fields is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Island of Skye 1880, sheet x). Seventeen unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 October 1996
