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Skye, Oronsay
Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Oronsay
Classification Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 11068
Site Number NG33NW 9
NGR NG 315 361
NGR Description Centred NG 315 361
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11068
- Council Highland
- Parish Bracadale
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG33NW 9 centred 315 361.
Area centred NG 315 361: At the NE end of Isle Oronsay on level ground below a low escarpment at about 75' OD there are at least 40 shielings in very ruinous condition and difficult to identify, the majority situated within an area of lazy-bed cultivation which probably accounts for their condition. (Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/175: 1016-17)
They are mainly of single-cell type, with a few double-cell examples, circular or oval on plan, measuring between 4.0 and 8.0m in diameter externally and averaging about 0.2m in height.
Visited by OS (C F W) 9 June 1961.
