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Loch Airigh Lochan

Shieling (Post Medieval)

Site Name Loch Airigh Lochan

Classification Shieling (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 308890

Site Number NH24NE 4

NGR NH 28506 48830

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Digital Images

1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross and Cromarty, 1881, sheet xcvi) extract
1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross and Cromarty, 1881, sheet xcvi) extractGeneral view of shieling site 1145 from northShielings 1145 G, H and I at Loch Airigh LochanShieling site 1145 (wrongly marked 1146), Loch Airigh Lochan

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Contin
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Activities

Field Visit (14 June 2009 - 14 June 2009)

A shieling site comprising the remains of at least twelve oval shieling mounds (NOSAS survey site number 1145 A - L). The site is located on the S side of the Allt Gleannan Mall- luirge some 150m NW of Loch Airigh Lochain on a sheltered NE facing slope.

Further details of these and other associated sites can be found in the Strathconon Phase 4 Report (page 45) produced by the North of Scotland Archaeology Society and appended to this record.

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