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Skye, Red Burn

Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Site Name Skye, Red Burn

Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 11180

Site Number NG35SW 8

NGR NG 317 507

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Duirinish
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NG35SW 8 317 507

Red Burn 6

Lying on the NE bank of the Red Burn at a height of about 60m OD are 2 ruined shielings. They are of single cell type, reduced to turf-covered mounds with circular depressions in the top.

Information from R Miket, October 1989.

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