Creag Loisgte
Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Creag Loisgte
Classification Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Cona Chreag; Stoer Common Grazings; Drumbeg
Canmore ID 132088
Site Number NC02NE 19
NGR NC 0841 2921
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC02NE 19 0841 2921
A low turf-covered mound, possibly a shieling-hut, lying on a narrow shelf above an unnamed burn, was recorded by Headland Archaeology during a pre-afforestation survey (NMRS MS 899/63, no.8). The mound measures 6.4m by 4.4m overall and is 0.6m high. Occasional stones are visible along the N wall-line of the mound, suggesting a subrectangular structure measuring about 5m by 3m internally. Two short lengths of drystone walling lying to the S of the possible shieling-hut, may form a crude shelter, measuring 2.5m by 2.5m, against a large boulder.
C Lowe and M Dalland (Headland Archaeology) 18 December 1997; NMRS, MS/899/63, no.8
Site recorded during a short-notice pre-afforestation survey undertaken of 2 sqkm of land at Cona Chreag, on the Stoer Common Grazings near Drumbeg.
NC 0841 2921 ?Shieling mound and drystone walling. (NC02NE 19).
A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
C Lowe 1998.