MHG4829 - Souterrain - Totaig

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SOUTERRAIN (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)

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NG25SW 3 2027 5007.

(NG 202 500) The site of an earth-house lies behind a stable 20 yards E of the small Totaig Burn about 400 yards NNE of Colbost School. No traces of the building are visible, but a deep hollow is pointed out as the site of the inner chamber of the earth-house, and the passage is said to have led out to the steep right bank of the burn.
RCAHMS 1928.

The site of the inner chamber of this earth-house is situated at NG 2027 5007 in a natural hillock. 30m S of a ruined farmhouse.
Visited by OS (C F W) 7 May 1961.

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--- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 164, No. 534.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 2027 5007 (40m by 40m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG25SW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	DUIRINISH

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/10927 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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