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Meall Daimh, Raasay
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Meall Daimh, Raasay
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 80886
Site Number NG54SE 7
NGR NG 5718 4013
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80886
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG54SE 7 5718 4013
On the NW side of Meall Daimh below an enscarpment close to an area of tumbled rock, at a height of 320m above OD are the tumbled remains of two twin-celled shielings.
Shieling A is aligned N-S and is of the figure of eight type, the southern cell measures 2.7m in diameter, the northern cell 4.3m in diame ter, both have walls 0.3m thick. An off centre creep joins the two cells.
Shieling B is of the sub-rectangular twin-celled type and is aligned E-W. The eastern cell measures 3.5m N-S by 2.4m E-W. The western cell 3.5m N-S by 4.8m E-W. Wall thickness varies from 0.75m to 1.00m. An entrance survives in the NW corner of the larger cell and the creep joins the two cells together.
Visited by NN and IJ, 26 March 1991.
R Miket et al 1991; NMRS MS/530
Project (9 May 2007 - 18 May 2007)
NG 55940 39680 Following the results of a desk-based assessment, a group of shielings and a boundary dyke were identified to the eastern end of the water main, north of Loch na Meilich. Two follow up visits to the area were made, the first consisting of a walk over survey checking for upstanding archaeological remains and flagging known NMRS sites for the attention of the contractors on site. During the second site visit the sites were surveyed using a DGPS unit in mapping mode, photographed and recorded. The construction work was closely monitored. One new shieling hut was recorded, previously not noted within the NMRS or SMR record, at the foot of the western flank of Meall Daimh.
Information from J Wood - Highland Archaeology Services Ltd.
OASIS ID: highland4-33665
Field Visit (9 May 2007 - 18 May 2007)
NG 57180 40130 Site recorded during a survey carried out by R Miket, M Wildgoose and others for the former Skye and Lochalsh District Council in 1991. This was located and flagged during the first site visit to avoid damage during water main construction. However, on follow-up visit this site could no longer be located. It may have been disturbed or destroyed by the site-works.
Information from J Wood - Highland Archaeology Services Ltd.
OASIS ID: highland4-33665
Ground Survey (April 2009)
Survey
J Macdonald and J Scott Wood – ACFA
The survey of the following sites was carried out in April 2009 as part of a continuing programme to record the physical remains of human activity on the Island of Raasay. The survey covered an area of c20 sq km from Beinn a Chapuill in the N (NG 5710 4390) to the Inverarish to Fearns road in the S (NG 5755 3600).
The field survey recorded a total of 155 sites. Most of the sites are from the 18th and 19th centuries but a number of much earlier structures were recorded, mostly on the E coast in the form of rock shelters. These shelters were also being investigated by Professor Karen Hardy and students from the University of Barcelona. The later sites range from small individual structures such as lambing/twinning pens, shieling huts and stores to two large shieling sites at Meall Daimh and Satir.
Meal Daimh is situated at NG 57040 40375 and comprises some 10 structures. Satir is the larger of the two sites and comprises 24 structures at NG 57851 35980. One enigmatic site (feature 28) at NG 57700 38858 lies above the W shore of Loch na Mna and consists of a small ruined stone structure with two lines of stone running out from it to form a V shape, with the open end of the V terminating at a cliff edge above the loch. No explanation of its purpose could be found.
Report: RCAHMS
Funder: Glasgow Archaeological Society and The Robert Kiln Charitable Trust
