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Doire Beathaig
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Doire Beathaig
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 69817
Site Number NC12NW 4
NGR NC 14886 25762
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/69817
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC12NW 4 148 257
Four shieling footings, one rectangular, 6.5m by 4m, the others circular, 2.5m across on average, in bracken-clad pasture marked by occasional rickles of cleared stones.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JM), 15 July 1980.
Field Visit (8 December 2009)
Small circular sheilings occupy a terrace on SE facing slope overlooking a small burn. Unenclosed grazings are also visible around this area.
Structure A (NC 14840 25794) is sub-circular in plan, and measures 6m by 4m and 0.8-1.2m high. The structure seems to have been remodelled to form a single smaller shelter aligned N/S. The construction is of dry stone rubble, and the walls are 0.75m wide.
Structure B (NC 14886 25762) is 2.2m in diameter and is of crude dry stone construction. The walls are 0.6m wide and 0.4m high. Sheep enclosures are associated, consisting of a series of five drystone compartments.
(HLP_no 76)
Assynt's Hidden Lives Project 2009
