Allt Gleann Nam Beist
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Allt Gleann Nam Beist
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 6794
Site Number NC84SW 3
NGR NC 830 433
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC84SW 3 830 433.
NC 830 434. Upland farmstead comprising some twelve small rectilinear and oval structures of uncertain form. No association of any large scale land improvement and none of the structures exceed 6.0 to 7.0m in any axis.
R J Mercer 1980.
Centred on NC 830 433 are the heather and turf-covered footings, some tenuous, of eleven shieling bothies, dimensions ranging from 4.0m by 3.0m to 7.0m by 4.0m.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 20 November 1980.
Six unroofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxxvii). Nine shieling-huts are shown on the curent edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1989).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 August 1995
