Archaeology Notes

Event ID 649408

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NC61SW 9 centred 614 104.

NC 614 102. A number of shielings.

R J Mercer 1980.

Centred on NC 614 104 are the turf-covered footings of twelve shieling bothies, oval to sub-rectangular in shape, with dimensions ranging from 4.0m by 3.0m to 8.0m by 4.0m.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (J M) 30 October 1980.

Scheduled as 'Creagan Tigh na Creige, shielings... small subcircular and subrectangular structures set in substantial mounds. This settlement comprises 9 shieling bothies and 2 further possible examples... oval to subrectangtular in shape, with dimensions varying from 4.0m by 3.0m to 8.0m by 4.0m. It is possible that the shielings on this site developed over a period of time as a result of continued seasonal rebuilding and that this led to the fairly massive accumulation of debris on this site... probably connected with the exploitation of seasonal pasture.'

Information fron Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 18 September 1991.