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Skye, Glen Drynoch 1

Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Site Name Skye, Glen Drynoch 1

Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 11264

Site Number NG43SW 1

NGR NG 4420 3179

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NG43SW 1 4420 3179.

NG 4420 3179. 250ft above sea-level, on the N slopes of Glen Drynoch, between two burns, is a small group of about 11 ruined shielings. (Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/175: 2029-30)

They are of the single-cell type and vary in diameter from 2.0m to 4.0m with their entrances generally downhill.

Visited by OS (A S P) 4 June 1961.

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