Tom Na H-uraich, Skye
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tom Na H-uraich, Skye
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11384
Site Number NG47SE 2
NGR NG 451 736
NGR Description NG c. 451 736
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG47SE 2 c. 451 736.
(Centred NG 451 736) . Tom na h'Uraih, Kilmaluag - About a mile E of Kilmaluag Bridge and some 50 yards N of the road, on a slope rising gently towards a high cliff on the sea shore 200 yards distant, is a mound composed of earth and stone. It is oval in outline, the main axis being almost N and S, and measures 30ft in length, 25ft in breadth, and 5ft in height.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 28 May 1914.
The mound appears no longer to exist. It was possibly destroyed when a modern road was constructed some 40.0m to the north-east of the old road at this point.
Visited by OS (A S P) 22 April 1961.
Field Visit (28 May 1914)
Tom na h-Uraich, Kilmaluag.
About 1 mile east of Kilmaluag bridge and some 50 yards north of the road, on a slope rising gently towards a high cliff on the sea-shore 200 yards distant, is a mound composed of stone and earth. It is oval in outline, the main axis being almost north and south, and measures 30 feet in length, 25 feet in breadth, and 5 feet in height.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 28 May 1914.
OS map: Skye iv.
