Torran Leans
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Torran Leans
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bothan Gorm
Canmore ID 7406
Site Number ND05SE 6
NGR ND 059 537
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND05SE 6 059 537.
Centred ND 0590 5367. On the S side of the new road from Dorrery Lodge to Cnoc-glas and 240m E of the bridge over the Torran Water are the remains of four shielings. They consist, in the main, of mutilated earth-and-stone mounds with the outlines of rectangular structures varying from 4 by 3m to 9 by 4m on top.
Visited by OS (W D J) 6 April 1961.
(ND 059 537) Old Shielings (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1964)
No change to the previous field report.
Revised at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (J M) 10 July 1981.
Four unroofed shieling-huts are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963). Only one of these is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xvii).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 29 November 1995