Gleann Ardbhair
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Gleann Ardbhair
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Allt Ardbhair
Canmore ID 4553
Site Number NC13SE 3
NGR NC 18162 33183
NGR Description Centred NC 18162 33183
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4553
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC13SE 3 181 331.
(Area centred NC 181 331) on the left bank of the Allt Ardbhair, about 3/4 m above Loch Ardbhair, on a fertile little haugh fringed in with birch woods, are the remains of several small circular huts. One towards the E end of the haugh has an interior diameter of 5'. Another is somewhat larger. They are set on low hillocks. About 80 yards further down the burn is an oval enclosure measuring internally some 18' x 6' and another, about 50 yards onwards, measures 7' x 5'. These are probably the remains of summer shielings.
RCAHMS 1911.
The foundations of ten shielings circular or oval in plan.
Visited by OS (G H P) 18 May 1962.
Old Shielings (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1967)
The shielings are now in many cases almost totally obscured by thick vegetation and trees.
Visited by OS (J B) 14 August 1980.
Field Visit (7 June 1909)
Allt Ardbhair. On the left bank of the Allt Ardbhair, about
¾ m. above Loch Ardbhair, on a fertile little haugh fringed in with birch woods, are the remains of several small circular huts. One
towards the E. end of the haugh has an interior diameter of 5'. Another is somewhat larger. They are set on low hillocks.
About 80 yards further down the burn is an oval enclosure measuring interiorly some 18' x 6', and another, about 50 yards onwards, measures 7' x 5'.
These are probably the remains of summer sheilings.
OS 6-inch map, Sutherland, Sheet xlix. (unnoted).
RCAHMS 1911, visited (AOC) 7th June 1909.
Field Visit (7 December 2009)
Six possible sheiling huts in ruinous condition are located in Glen Ardbhair. These oval structures average 5m by 3m, some standing up to 0.6m high.
(HLP_no 165)
Assynt's Hidden Lives Project 2009
