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Am Mam
Shieling (Post Medieval)
Site Name Am Mam
Classification Shieling (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 289029
Site Number NG51NW 69
NGR NG 5294 1841
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/289029
- Council Highland
- Parish Strath
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG51NW 69 5294 1841
NG 5294 1841 A dispersed group of 5 stone built shielings.
At the centre of the depression is an oval cell on the summit of a very green mound. The cell measures 4.0m by 3.0m over tumbled walls. There is no visible entrance.
16.0m to the east, against a rocky outcrop, are the very disturbed remains of 3 single cells, each 2.0m diameter.
30.0m to the north of the central cell is a 2.0m diameter stone cell which has walls 0.6m thick and no visible entrance.
Martin Wildgoose, George Kozikowski and Steven Birch, 1997.
