Allt A' Bhaid Loisgt
Shieling (Post Medieval)
Site Name Allt A' Bhaid Loisgt
Classification Shieling (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Hope
Canmore ID 4912
Site Number NC45NE 3
NGR NC 4691 5889
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC45NE 3 4691 5889
(NC 4691 5889) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1961).
It is very doubtful that this feature, discovered by the previous investigator, is a cairn. It survives as an amorphous, peat-covered swelling, about 7.5m across and 0.6m high, with little stone content. The central depression appears to be a turf-built shieling, 4.0m by 3.0m and 0.2m maximum internal height. The mound effect is probably a result of successive shielings on the same site, or the utilisation of a low eminence as a shieling stance.
Visited by OS (A C) 3 June 1959 and (N K B) 5 October 1978.
