Torridon, Airigh Mholach, structures and shieling hut
Date 1996 - 1998
Event ID 973465
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/973465
Within an area of grass and bracken amongst the heather, just on the N side of the march burn, is a structure known by MM as the rough shieling. The structure is aligned N-S and measures c5m by c3.5m over boulders poking through the shieling mound by c0.3m. The width of the shieling footings is unclear.
The N end of the structure seems to have a wee stone structure built on top of it, c1m in diameter, and there are between three (JH) and six (MM) of similar wee structures in the immediate vicinity.
The march burn has a length of drystone dyke built along its N side in this area.
TOR96 005
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2014
