EHG4682 - Topographic Survey - Waternish Peninsula
Technique(s)
Organisation
RCAHMS
Date
June-Nov 1990
Description
The Afforestable Land Survey team of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland carried out an archaeological field survey of Waternish, Skye, between June and November 1990. The survey-area comprised the whole of the peninsula as far south as the Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference northing NG50, which roughly corresponds with the public road from Dunvegan to Edinbane (A850), and includes the subsidiary peninsula of Grenshornich, giving a total area of some 93 square kilometres. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
Location
| Location | Waternish Peninsula |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred NG 2833 5892 (13543m by 16156m) |
| Map sheet | NG25NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Operational Area | ROSS SKYE AND LOCHABER |
| Civil Parish | DUIRINISH |
Related Monuments/Buildings (6)
- MHG4738 Archaeological landscape - Dun Borrafiach (Monument)
- MHG4083 Hut circle - near Dun Borrafiach (Monument)
- MHG6586 Hut circle? - near Dun Borrafiach (Monument)
- MHG6460 Possible souterrain - Trumpan Beg, Waternish, Skye (Monument)
- MHG4093 Shieling huts - Dun Borrafiach (Monument)
- MHG4094 Shieling huts - near Dun Borrafiach (Monument)
External Links (1)
- http://canmore-pdf.rcahms.gov.uk/wp/00/WP003828.pdf (View report online)
Record last edited
Jul 10 2024 11:26AM