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Rum, Glen Shellesder
Farmstead (Post Medieval)
Site Name Rum, Glen Shellesder
Classification Farmstead (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Rhum
Canmore ID 11017
Site Number NG30SW 6
NGR NG 33042 01959
NGR Description NG 33042 01959 and NG 33152 01903
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11017
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Two unroofed buildings, lying about 400m inland, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, Islands of Rum, Sanday etc., 1879, sheet lx). Two unroofed buildings, about 120m apart, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 December 1996
Field Visit (May 1983)
Glen Shellesder NG 330 019 NG30SW
On the N side of Glen Shellesder, 300m inland, there are the remains of two rectangular buildings set about 50m apart and measuring respectively 7.5m by 2.9m and 4.5m by 2.2m internally. About 100m to the ESE there are a further two buildings, set 20m apart and measuring 5m by 2.4m and 2.6m by 2.2m internally.
RCAHMS 1983, visited May 1983
