Coire Buidhe
Bothy (Period Unassigned), Distilling Site (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Coire Buidhe
Classification Bothy (Period Unassigned), Distilling Site (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 103113
Site Number NH35SE 1
NGR NH 3564 5465
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/103113
- Council Highland
- Parish Contin
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH35SE 1 3564 5465
What may be an unroofed shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet lxxxvi) and on the current edition of the 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 5 March 1996.
Srp Note (14 January 2011)
The remains of a building and a probable still bothy (NOSAS site survey numbers 805 and 806), both rectangular in plan, are situated close together either side of the Allt Bail an Uillt Shios in a secluded grassy depression 1km S of Balnault. The building (805) is depicted as a ruin on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet lxxxvi).
This summary record incorporates NOSAS site survey numbers 805 & 806. Further details of these and other associated sites can be found in the Strathconon Phase 3 Report (page 45 & 46) produced by the North of Scotland Archaeology Society and appended to this record.
