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Ringill, Skye
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ringill, Skye
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Strathaird Estate
Canmore ID 11424
Site Number NG51NE 13
NGR NG 5612 1731
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11424
- Council Highland
- Parish Strath
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG51NE 13 5612 1731
On the south-east facing slope and on a line projected from Dun Ringill to a coll in the crest of the hill, is a circular stone-walled enclosure.
The enclosure is situated at a height of c. 45m OD and consists of a substantial stone and earth wall, some 3m in thickness and 0.45m in height, enclosing a perfectly circular area 8m in diameter.
A well defined passageway 1.25m in width lies in the SE arc where a single tall pillar/slab remains upright in situ.
This structure has been circumvented by a later stone and earth dyke which sweeps around its northern and western side.
Information from M Wildgoose and R Miket, March 1989.
Site recorded in the spring of 1997, during a field survey carried out by Martin Wildgoose and associates on part of the John Muir Trust's Strathaird Estate. The surveyed portion lies to the S and E of Bla Bheinn, some 3000ha of undulating lowland terrain lying between the coast and the Cuillin mountains.
NG 5612 1731 Hut circle.
A full report is lodged with the John Muir Trust. A fuller summary is lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: John Muir Trust.
K Miller 1998
