Gleann Meinich
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Gleann Meinich
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Meinich, Middle Gleann Meinich, Allt A Chair
Canmore ID 80846
Site Number NH25SE 11
NGR NH 252 538
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80846
- Council Highland
- Parish Contin
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH25SE 11 252 538.
Four shielings, at approximately NH 252 538: no details given.
D W Ross 1991a.
Four shielings of differing sizes lie within the newly replanted plantation of Creag Ghlass. The largest measures 3m by 7m and is rectangular on plan. The remainder are smaller, measuring 5m by 4m.
NMRS MS/1131/20 no. 8.9, figs. 8.9
Srp Note (24 January 2011)
Two shieling huts (NOSAS site survey numbers 980 and 981) located on the N side of the Allt Gleann Meinich, W of the Allta’Chair. Four shielings were recorded at this location previously. The area is enclosed by a deer fence with a dense ground cover of heather and small self-seeded trees.
Further details of these and other associated sites can be found in the Strathconon Phase 4 Report (page 26) produced by the North of Scotland Archaeology Society and appended to this record.
