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Shebster
Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Shebster
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7978
Site Number ND06SW 49
NGR ND 012 641
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7978
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06SW 49 012 641.
A sub-circular enclosure, c. 12 - 14m internal diameter, surviving as an earthwork, is situated in rough pasture c. 90m OD on the lower SW-facing slope of Hill of Shebster. There is a low discontinuous bank on the W and S sides, cut into the hillside on the N and E. No sign of a ditch. (Information from R J Mercer.)
A F Harding and G E Lee 1987.
