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Islay, Airigh An T-sagairt
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Islay, Airigh An T-sagairt
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Airidh An T-sagairt
Canmore ID 37696
Site Number NR36NE 25
NGR NR 368 697
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37696
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR36NE 25 368 697
(NR 3679 6973) Airigh an t-Sagairt (NAT)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
Eight turf-covered shieling footings oval to sub-oval on plan. The average dimension is 3.5 by 4.5m one adopts a pronounced mound that is undoubtedly the accrued residue, of preceeding shieling(s). Also a rectangular enclosure measuring 8.0 by 5.0m over a bare stone wall 0.6m thick and standing 0.6m high.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 8 June 1978
Manuscript annotation on RCAHMS working map indicates 'house + enclosure'.
(Undated) information in NMRS
Two unroofed shieling-huts and what may be a third ajoining that to the SW are depicted on the OS 1st edition 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1882, sheet cxcvii). One unroofed building and eight black dots indicating the location of buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1981).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 29 October 1998
