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Allt Meadhoin
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Allt Meadhoin
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 8259
Site Number ND14NW 31
NGR ND 121 458
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8259
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND14NW 31 121 458.
Two shielings, of which one is tripartite, 11.0 by 3.0m and up to 0.8m high, the other is bipartite, 6.5 by 2.5m and 0.5m high.
Visited by OS 16 March 1982
An unroofed shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xxvii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 December 1995
