MHG5977 - Farmstead - Upper Halistra

Summary

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Type and Period (3)

  • ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NG25NW 1.18 2517 6016.

A sub-rectangular building and an enclosure, possibly a garden plot, are situated on the leading edge of a terrace over-looking Upper Halistra. The building measures 14.4m from N to S by 4.3m within walls 1.2m thick and up to 0.6m in height. The N wall is slightly bowed and there is an outshot to the E. The enclosure has been sub-divided, and there is a sub-rectangular stance at the N side.
(WAT90 993-994)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 20 July 1990.

The rectangular structure and enclosure are visible on aerial photography taken 1999-2001. <1>

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NG 2516 6016 (29m by 25m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG26SE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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