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Glen Galmadale
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Glen Galmadale
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 306068
Site Number NM85NE 7
NGR NM 87328 56200
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/306068
- Council Highland
- Parish Ardgour
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
Project (2007)
Reconnaisance survey carried out with the aim of identifying evidence for Norse settlement in Northern Argyll. It was targeted at a number of locations with surviving Old Norse placenames. The aim was to locate archaeoloigcal remains that could go back to the medieval period and to generate discussion of this evidence. The locations selected for systematic survey were those with very little known archaeology. In addition a number of sites were identified from the RCAHMS database as potentially relevant.
A Bankier and S Digney 2007
Field Visit (19 April 2008 - 25 April 2008)
The principal purpose of this research was to assess the evidence for Norse settlement implied by the place-name evidence. This survey aimed to identify all the visible archaeology. A walkover survey was undertaken 19–25 April 2008 of the glen to a height of between 50–400m, depending on gradient. The fields and coast at Camas na Croise and headland of Ceanna Mor were also surveyed.
NM 87328 56200 (centred) – Shieling (7 structures).
The author was accompanied on survey by Stephen Digney, and John and Joan Bankier.
Report: Highland SMR and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and the Caledonian Research Foundation Scholarship
Anne Bankier – University of Glasgow
