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Muck, Beinn Airein
Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval), Hut(S) (Post Medieval), Pen (Post Medieval)
Site Name Muck, Beinn Airein
Classification Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval), Hut(S) (Post Medieval), Pen (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 291878
Site Number NM47NW 86
NGR NM 40121 79209
NGR Description centred NM 40121 79209
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291878
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NM47NW 86 centred 40121 79209
Two huts, a pen and two enclosures are scattered along a gully at the foot of the cliffs on the SW of Beinn Airein. The huts (Muck02 338, 341) measure 3.2m and 5m in length by and 1.9m and 2.1m in breadth respectively within stony banks. The northern (Muck02 341) has a cell attached towards the N end of its E side; it measures 1.4m by 1.1m internally. The enclosure and pen (Muck02 339-40) lie to the SE, the enclosure measuring 4.4m by 3.4m within a stony bank, the pen 2.5m by 1.7m. The other enclosure (Muck02 337) is situated to the S, and has been built amongst the boulders at the foot of a scree slope. It measures 3.3m by 3m within a stony bank 0.6m in thickness by up to 0.3m in height.
(Muck02, 337-41)
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 21 May 2002
