Glen Gloy
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible), Township (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glen Gloy
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible), Township (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bolugie
Canmore ID 117220
Site Number NN28NW 11
NGR NN 247 875
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/117220
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmonivaig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NN28NW 11 247 875
What may be eight unroofed shieling-huts and a wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1873, sheet cxxvii). An enclosure and a wall are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1970).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 12 September 1996
Ground Survey (November 2010)
NN 245 872 (centred on) A desktop and walkover survey
were undertaken in November 2010 for an area of proposed
forestry. Survey revealed a small settlement of nine rectangular
structures named on Roy’s Military map as Bolugie, in an
area previously thought to be shielings (NN28NW 11).
Archive and report: RCAHMS
Funder: UPM Tilhill
