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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cnoc an TempleCountry: Scotland County: Isle of Skye Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Village: Tarskavaig
Map Ref: NG591104
Latitude: 57.121199N Longitude: 5.981345W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Possible burial chamber on the Isle of Skye. An apparent megalithic assemblage in the arrangement of a collapsed dolmen or quoit, lying in an isolated cluster on private moorland. The sidewall stones are still in situ and indicate a winter solstice sunset alignment with the adjacent Isle of Rhum. The capstone, lying to one side, is a regular lozenge shape.
The site may have been used as a sanctuary-observatory rather than a burial chamber but without a detailed survey and excavation this remains speculative. It may be significant that there is a small pointed rock outcrop adjacent to the feature called Cnoc an Temple on old maps.
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