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Sleach Water
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval), Structure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Sleach Water
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval), Structure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7598
Site Number ND04NE 5
NGR ND 063 460
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7598
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND04NE 5 063 460.
Area ND 0635 4600. The remains of eight shielings consist on the whole of low grassy mounds with the out-line of rectangular foundations on top and vary in size from about 3m square to 9.0m by 3.5m. In this area, the Sleach Water has overflowed its banks and water surounds several of the mounds. Several other mounds were observed as possible shielings but could not be investigated due to flood water.
Some 36m E of this group of shielings is a circular structure of turf about 7.0m in diameter with an entrance 0.6m wide in its S side and a slight mound at its centre. The remains of another shieling are situated on the W bank of the Sleach Water about 200m W of the main group.
Visited by OS (W D J) 16 April 1961.
(ND 063 460) Old Shielings (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1963)
Eleven shieling bothies occur on the site; some are evident simply as reed and turf-covered mounds, others are better preserved and exhibit their compartmented structure. The circular feature is probably a stock enclosure contemporary with the shielings.
Revised at 1:10560.
Visited by OS (J B) 17 March 1982.
Seven unroofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xxvii). The remains of nine unroofed shieling-huts are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963). The water level of Loch More has risen and this site is now partly flooded.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 December 1995
