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Allt Ach A' Chorrain

Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Site Name Allt Ach A' Chorrain

Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 4839

Site Number NC36SE 23

NGR NC 3747 6268

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4839

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Durness
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC36SE 23 3747 6268

NC 374 626. Two huts, enclosure, walling and various other structures lie on a limestone prominence at the confluence of streams. One hut is oval, 3.5m by 2.5m, and the other is 3m in diameter, each adjoining hollows under a dense growth of nettles.

T C Welsh 1972.

NC 3747 6268 Earth and stone footings of two shieling bothies within an area of rig-and-furrow bounded by an old bank.

Visited by OS 25 April 1980.

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