Braehour
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Braehour
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 7768
Site Number ND05SE 7
NGR ND 094 510
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7768
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND05SE 7 094 510.
Centred ND 0940 5103. On the N bank of the Allt Loch- meadie, about 250m from its junction with the Allt Athain Shalaich are the remains of four shielings. They consist of low mounds of earth and stone, about 0.3 to 0.8m high with the mutilated outline of a rectangular building on top. These buildings vary from 4 by 3m to 8 by 3.5m in size.
Visited by OS (W D J) 6 April 1961.
Shielings listed.
R J Mercer 1980.
(ND 094 510) Old Shielings (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1964)
The area has been deep ploughed and planted with conifers. There are no recoverable traces of the shielings.
Visited by OS (J M) 14 July 1981.
