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Meall Meadhonach

Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Site Name Meall Meadhonach

Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 5534

Site Number NC61SW 7

NGR NC 608 113

NGR Description Centred NC 608 113

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NC61SW 7 centred 608 113.

NC 612 116, NC 612 114 and NC 611 114. A number of shielings, two of them questionable.

R J Mercer 1980.

Centred on NC 608 113 are the turf-covered footings of eleven shieling bothies, oval to subrectangular in shape, with dimensions ranging from 5.0m by 3.0m to 8.0m by 5.0m.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (J M) 30 October 1980.

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