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Camster
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Camster
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 8713
Site Number ND24SE 4
NGR ND 2628 4248
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8713
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND24SE 4 2628 4248.
(ND 2628 4248) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map, (1959)
The indefinite remains of several constructions, probably shielings, situated on a green knoll. They appear to have been small oblong buildings with two or three chambers. One more indefinite than the rest measures interiorly 16' by 7'.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
A grassy mound measuring 30.0m by 17.0m and 1.0m high, surmounted by vague traces of rectangular structures, and, as stated by the RCAHMS, are probably shielings.
Visited by OS (I S S) 11 April 1972.
