MHG6234 - Farmstead - Trumpan Beg
Summary
Remains of a farmstead at Trumpan Beg, Skye.
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A farmstead comprising two buildings and an enclosure is situated at the N end of ridge below one of the Clan Macleod memorial cairns. The larger building has two visible phases and in the extensive field-banks and lazy-beds some sequence is also visible. To the N and E of the farmstead there are at least six shieling-mounds on the W bank of an unnamed burn (see MHG66437), and an outlying hut at NG 2358 6236 (see MHG66439).
(WAT90 612-615; 1006-1007; 1319; 1322)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 29 September 1990.
The larger of the buildings and the enclosure are shown on the OS 1st Edition map and are visible in veertical aerial imagery. <1> <2> <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG23962 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1875-1880. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map: Skye. Digital.
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map).
- <3> SHG30046 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2025. Getmapping aerial photography 2025. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 2330 6230 (33m by 41m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG26SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | DUIRINISH |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://trove.scot/place/71453 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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