Monument record 1158 - DUN SKELLOR BURIAL GROUND, NORTH UIST
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NF 80640 75660 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NF87NW |
| Island | North Uist |
| Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
Map
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Full Description
NF87NW 17 8064 7566.
(NF 8064 7566) Skellor (NR) (Burial Ground)
OS 6'map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
Skellor graveyard is situated upon a sandhill at the edge of Machair Leathann. It is still in occasional use and was once probably associated with a chapel, of which there are no remains.
E Beveridge 1911.
Skellor burial ground, as described above, is still used occasionally. No trace of a chapel could be found.
Visited by OS (R D) 16 June 1965.
Private cemetery, very much built up within the enclosing fence, and probably based upon a settlement mound. Brick bunker in cemetery (WWI?). J. MacLetchie 6.12.99
Non-diagnostic hand-made pottery, probably Iron Age, and shells, from rabbit holes indicate that this cemetery is founded on a settlement mound, as one would expect. MML 2000
Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 299 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE12876 Bibliographic reference: Erskine Beveridge. 1911. North Uist: its archaeology and topography. 299.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
