Meall Daimh, Raasay
Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)
Site Name Meall Daimh, Raasay
Classification Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 80898
Site Number NG54SE 10
NGR NG 5714 4032
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80898
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG54SE 10 5714 4032
On the NW flank of Meall Daimh below a major tumble of rock and at a height of 340m OD is a ruinous subrectangular shieling. The shieling has two compartments, access between the two being by a narrow creep.
An entrance lies in the N corner of the larger cell.
Visited by NN and IJ, 26 March 1991.
R Miket et al 1991; NMRS MS/530.
Field Visit (18 May 2007)
NG 57140 40320 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. During the follow-up visit the GPS recorded a structure 32m NW of the grid reference recorded, which probably corresponds 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
