West Shinness Lodge
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name West Shinness Lodge
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 5195
Site Number NC51NW 5
NGR NC 5295 1509
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5195
- Council Highland
- Parish Lairg
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC51NW 5 5295 1509
(NC 5295 1509) Pictish Tower (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Sutherlandshire, 1st ed., (1873).
See also NC51NW 1.
Brough (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Sutherlandshire, 2nd ed., (1908)
A heap of loose stones, allegedly the remains of a 'Pict's Tower'.
Name Book 1873
A natural knoll, probably mistaken for the broch NC51NW 1, and/or erroneously plotted at this spot.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 26 April 1961.
Publication Account (2007)
NC51 4 WEST SHINESS LODGE
NC/5295 1509
A natural knoll, marked as the site of a “Pictish tower” on the first OS 6-inch map of Sutherland but which was probably mistaken for site no. NC51 3 above [1].
Source: 1. NMRS site no. NC 51 NW 5.
E W MacKie 2007
