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Skelpick Burn
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skelpick Burn
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 74008
Site Number NC75SW 68
NGR NC 740 543
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74008
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC75SW 68 740 543.
There are several round or oval enclosures, varying from 7 ft in diameter to 12 ft by 6 ft, in the vicinity of the small cairns described on NC75SW 1.
Visited 25 May 1909.
RCAHMS 1911a.
About half a dozen small circular and rectangular foundations, probably of old shielings.
Visited by OS (JLD) 5 May 1960.
Seven shieling footings ranging from 2.5m by 3.5m to 3m by 5.5m. To the N beside the stream is a small area of haughland bearing traces of field drains.
Visited by OS (JM) 23 August 1977.
