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Skye, Allt Fasach
Shieling Mound(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Allt Fasach
Classification Shieling Mound(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Waternish House
Canmore ID 10906
Site Number NG25NE 2
NGR NG 2692 5783
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10906
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (3 May 1961)
NG25NE 2 269 578.
NG 269 578. Upon a west-facing slope, 1/2 mile NE of Waternish House, is a group of about 15 shielings. They are of stone construction but are in a collapsed state, reduced to shapeless turf-covered mounds with hollows in the centre. (Visible on RAF air photograph CPE/Scot/UK/175, 1379-80)
Visited by OS (ASP) 3 May 1961.
Field Visit (2 October 1990)
These shielings are now situated in dense afforestation and were not located on the date of visit.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 2 October 1990.
