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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 762321
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/762321
NG78SE 1.02 centred on 783 813
The occupation of the area as shielings is shown by the presence of some thirty shieling bothies, two of which have been constructed within older hut-circles. The bothies, built of stone, are either rectangular or boat-shaped with an average size of 5.0m x 3.0m x 0.3m, although one measures 9.0m x 4.0m. Above the modern sheepfold at NG 782 813 the shieling area has been partially enclosed by a stone dyke, the foundations of which are quite distinct.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 11 October 1964.
One shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edtion of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xliv). At least twenty-three shieling-huts and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 19 April 1996.
