Sand
Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Sand
Classification Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 105112
Site Number NG99SW 11
NGR NG 9049 9055
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105112
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG99SW 11 9045 9055
What may be an unroofed shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xix), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 April 1996
NG 8870 8810 to NG 9090 9054 and NG 8927 9357 to NG 8878 9563 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were undertaken for a new water pipeline. The following previously unrecorded archaeological sites were revealed:
NG 9049 9055 Sand Farmstead.
Full report deposited in Highland SMR and the NMRS
Sponsor: Earth Tech Engineering
S Farrell 2002.
