Skye, Cro Nan Caorach
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Cro Nan Caorach
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 11095
Site Number NG34NW 21
NGR NG 333 494
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11095
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG34NW 21 333 494
Cro nan Caorach: 'a small hollow where there had been houses and people living'; (four unroofed buildings shown on OS 6-inch map, 1965).
Name Book 1877.
Lying on both banks of the Allt Cro nan Caorach, on about the 140m contour, is a group of 4 well-preserved shielings. They are of 2, 3 and 4 cell types within turf mounds, the internal facings of stone are well preserved and inter-cell creeps are visible.
Information from R Miket, October 1989.
