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Shinness

Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Shinness

Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Sin-innis

Canmore ID 86166

Site Number NC35NE 9

NGR NC 355 594

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Durness
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC35NE 9 355 594

The name signifies 'Stretching or Lengthened Pasture'.

Name Book 1878.

A single enclosure and a larger three compartment enclosure, which is annotated as a sheepfold, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xiv). The whole site is annotated as a sheepfold on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1988) and it comprises the previous larger enclosure now with four compartments and a double compartmented enclosure attached to it.

Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 17 August 1995.

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