Srath Na Frithe
Shieling Hut (Post Medieval), Turf Enclosure (Post Medieval)
Site Name Srath Na Frithe
Classification Shieling Hut (Post Medieval), Turf Enclosure (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Abhainn Na Frithe
Canmore ID 6668
Site Number NC82NE 39
NGR NC 8506 2699
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (1961 - 1976)
NC82NE 39 8506 2699
See also NC82NE 5.
The turf-covered footings of four shielings and a circular enclosure which is probably contemporary occur within a field system associated with a settlement of hut circles (See NC82NE 5).
Visited by OS 31 May 1961 and 2 February 1976.
Field Visit (5 May 1991)
There are at least three shieling-huts on a terrace to the N of the Abhainn na Frithe. The most substantial measures 2m by 1.5m and is set on a mound measuring 8m from NNE to SSW by 4.5m and 0.3m in height. A fourth hut lies to the E, adjacent to hut-circle 'D', described under NC82NE 5. A circular enclosure to the SE of the largest hut is probably a degraded turf stell.
(KILD91 279)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC), 5 May 1991.
