MHG59399 - Fish Trap - Loch Eynort

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Type and Period (1)

  • FISH TRAP (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

A fish trap is visible here in aerial photography . <1>

This fish trap was photographed by RCAHMS during their aerial surveys. It is situated in upper Loch Eynort, just offshore Creagan Dubha. It comprises a broad arc of stones describing a roughly C-shaped line into the loch by about 80m from the high tide line. See link below to HES Canmore record for oblique aerial photos of the fish trap. <2>

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 3746 2485 (60m by 103m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG32SE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish BRACADALE

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