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MHG5108 - Souterrain - Peinafeiler (Heatherfield)

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NG44SE 8.00 4818 4165

Earthhouse, at Peinafeiler, near Portree, partly opened and filled up a few years ago. Listed under Sites.
RCAHMS 1928.

This earthhouse was situated close to the cottage at NG 4818 4165 and is said to have been discovered by the occupant when hoeing potatoes on his plot immediately to the E. It has not been open in this century. Visited by OS (C F W) 22 April 1961; (Information from R MacKenzie, esq., Heather Field, Nr. Peinafeiler)

See also: NG44SE0039 Stone (MHG6430)
Jhooper, 30/11/2001

The site was included in an inventory of the souterrains of Skye by R Miket. The entrance is said to have been set in a west-facing bank of alluvium at the rear of a croft-house. The bank has recently been modified and no trace of the entrance is visible in this position. Some 10m to the south-east is a linear depression c.1.5m in width which curves gently west to north-east. It is traceable for a distance of 5m. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 4819 4169 (40m by 40m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG44SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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