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Camster South
Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)
Site Name Camster South
Classification Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 8714
Site Number ND24SE 5
NGR ND 2642 4234
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8714
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND24SE 5 2642 4234.
(ND 2642 4234) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map, (1959)
The remains of a structure probably a shieling, lying on a green hillock. The lower courses of the walls remain, and they have been about 2' thick with rounded corners. There appear to have been two apartments.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
The footings of a shieling placed on the summit of a probably natural mound measuring 18.0m NNE by 11.0m transversely. The building measures 4.4m by 2.0m within a dry wall, measuring 0.8m wide. It is twin-compartmented.
Visited by OS (I S S) 11 April 1972.
