Skye, Ben Totaig
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Ben Totaig
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 10583
Site Number NG14NE 9
NGR NG 191 495
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG14NE 9 191 495.
(NG 191495) Shielings for goat-milking.
Information from Dr J Ross to OS, 1961.
Below a rock face on the SE slopes of Ben Totaig at about 500ft OD, there is small group of ruined shielings comprising at least 7 huts of single- and multi-cell construction. The site is unusual in that it is not placed beside a stream.
Visited by OS (A C) 2 June 1961.
