Meall Daimh, Raasay
Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)
Site Name Meall Daimh, Raasay
Classification Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 80890
Site Number NG54SE 9
NGR NG 57122 40439
NGR Description NG 57122 40439
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80890
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG54SE 9 5711 4037
Lying amongst rock tumble on the NW flank of Meall Daimh at a height of 320m OD is a rectangular two-celled structure, possibly a shieling. The main cell measures 5.8m by 3.8m over walls 1.3m wide, an entrance survives in the N corner. Access to the second cell is by way of a low creep which still retains its lintels. The second cell measures 2.7m by 2.0m.
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)
NG 57122 40439 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. The flagged structure was located by GPS nearly 70m N of the recorded location but it is believed to correspond with this site.
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
