Fashven
Shelter (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fashven
Classification Shelter (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 295907
Site Number NC36NW 14
NGR NC 31645 67359
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295907
- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (2008)
NC36NW 14 31645 67359
This drystone shelter stands on the NE shoulder of Fashven (460m OD), a steep-sided hill some 9km SE of Cape Wrath. Rectangular on plan, it measures roughly 2.2m square over walls 0.6m in thickness and 1.1m in height. There is an entrance in the W end and the slab roof has almost totally collapsed. The shelter appears to be recent and may have been constructed as an observation post for use during gunnery and bombing exercises.
(CWTC08 42)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, JH) 7 August 2008.
