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Skye, Dun Borve, Cuidrach

Highland, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2735

Location

Atlas number
SC2735 (2735)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Highland
Historic county
Inverness-shire
Parish, community, or townland
Snizort
National Grid reference
NG 3801 5976
Latitude
57.55186
Longitude
-6.38115
Altitude
30 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 2, SW 1, NW 1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.02 ha
Footprint
0.06 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Also recorded
annex
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures
Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1921); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1961); Other (1971); Other (1984)

Identifiers

HER
Highland HER MHG5077
National record
record NG 35 NE; monument 11134
Wikidata
Q31099060

Sources

References

  1. MacSween, A (1985) The Broch, Duns and Enclosures of Skye. Northern Archaeology 5-6 (1984-85), 1-57
  2. 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. HMSO: Edinburgh