MHG39687 - An Dubh Loch

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Settlement; embanked cell-structure, "coffin"-shaped building. On the NE shore of An Dubh Loch is a single "double-cell" structure, and a building orientated E-W with an apsidal eastern end and rectangular western end. The walls are 0.6m in thickness enclosing an area 3.9m in length and 1.7m in width, widening somewhat to the east. The entrance lies near the E end of the S wall.
Visited by R Miket, 30 May 1988.

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--- SHG1050 Text/Publication/Article: Miket, R. 1988. 'Loch Dubh (Duirinish parish), settlement, cell-structures, building', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1988, p.16. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 16. 16.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 1890 4300 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG14SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	DUIRINISH

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/10620 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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