Monument record 16 - SOAY, TIGH DUGAN

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Cave site, human remains found

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Grid reference NA 06700 01350 (point)
Map sheet NA00SE
Island Soay, St Kilda
Parish HARRIS, Western Isles

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NA00SE 7 0670 0135.

NA 06700135. Tigh Dugan (Duncan's House). A cave where the bones and dirk of a murderer were found many years after he was exiled from St Kilda.
J Mathieson, 19278; M Buchanan 1983.


J Mathieson, 1927-8, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 129-30 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5190.

M Buchanan, 1983, St Kilda: a photographic album, 29 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2699.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: M Buchanan. 1983. St Kilda: a photographic album. 29.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: J Mathieson. 1927-8. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 62. 123-32. 129-30.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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