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Muck, Gleann Mhairtein
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Hut (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Muck, Gleann Mhairtein
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Hut (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 291713
Site Number NM37NE 12
NGR NM 39717 79434
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291713
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (17 May 2002)
NM37NE 12 39717 79434
The sheepfold depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map is circular on plan and defined by a drystone rubble wall. Within it, an enclosure has been built on the NW (Muck02 179) measuring 5.5m by 3.7m within walls 0.6m in thickness and up to 1.2m in height; it has an entrance in the S. Also within the interior of the sheepfold, there are traces of lazy-bed cultivation and a low mound that may be the remains of an earlier hut (NM 39719 79437).
(Muck02, 179)
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, SDB) 17 May 2002
