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Ruighe Nan Saorach
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Ruighe Nan Saorach
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Errochty; Errochty Reservoir
Canmore ID 24600
Site Number NN66SE 2
NGR NN 668 645
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24600
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Fortingall
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN66SE 2 668 645
NN 668 645 - Situated on the edge of Loch Errochty [Errochty Reservoir: NN66NE 8], near an old farmstead called Ruighe nan Saorach, are the remains of at least thirty shielings, generally oval to rectangular and measuring on average c.5.0m long x 2.5m wide, with walling, c.0.3m high.
Visited by OS (RD) 18 June 1969
A farmstead comprising one roofed building and one enclosure, and one roofed and twenty-four unroofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet xxviii). One roofed, fifteen unroofed buildings and an incomplete enclosure attached to a length of wall are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 October 1997.
