Rum, Harris 6
Enclosure (Post Medieval), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Rum, Harris 6
Classification Enclosure (Post Medieval), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Rhum
Canmore ID 21909
Site Number NM39NW 28
NGR NM 34410 95268
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21909
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (May 1983)
Harris 6 NM 344 952 NM39NW
To the SW of a recent field-wall which runs NNW-SSE from the Abhainn Rangail there are eight huts, an enclosure built against a crag, and several mounds of stones. Some of the huts appear to have been built of stones robbed from the field-wall.
RCAHMS 1983, visited May 1983
Field Visit (13 October 2010)
In a shallow gully formed between a storm beach (to the W) and craggy outcrops (to the E) there are at least eight huts and a small enclosure. Some of the huts are built from rounded pebbles, others appear to be of turf-and-stone, and at least one has walls constructed of angular blocks of stone. At least one hut stands on a mound that may represent the remains of an earlier structure.
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB, ARG) 13 October 2010.
