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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/86166
- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
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.
