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NTS Recording Event
Date 10 September 1997 - 10 September 1997
Event ID 918409
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/918409
Just outwith the NTS estate boundary and close to the head of the Bealach an Sgairne is a crude platform, c1.5m square, which has been constructed to the E of a huge boulder. Some sort of structure is recorded on the 1st edition OS map.
The platform is enclosed by a low dyke that then runs S to the path. There is also a revetting stone feature that runs intermittently E/W beyond this site, as well as a low N/S dyke. The dyke lies 30m E of the platform and runs 10m S to the path before extending a further 20m before disappearing under a pile of scree.
On the basis of 1 rusted iron post the revetting wall would appear to be part of a now removed wire fence, not elsewhere recorded. It is similar to, though more substantial than, the dyke at Abhainn Gaorsaic (KIN141). If contemporary with this fence these features are probably late in the sequence here. Not being shown on the 1st or 2nd edition OS maps the fence must have been built after 1902. These features could have aided in the gathering/herding of sheep.
Information from NTS: KIN144 (JH and JW) 10th September 1997
NTS Survey
