MHG5003 - Gearraidh Mor

Summary

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Type and Period (3)

  • FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BOUNDARY DYKE (Undated)
  • RIG AND FURROW (Undated)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

On the east bank of the Hamera River, 100m beyond present cultivation and on either side of the track running into Glendale is a raised stone-edged platform with a dyke around it. On the platform are the remains of three small and one large houses. Two more ruinous houses lie 20m upslope. A large area of rig cultivation which lies within a boundary dyke surrounds the group of houses.
Information from J McDonald, J Robinson and A McNicol, 5 April 1989.

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NG 1909 4770 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG14NE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

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