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Skye, Bay River
Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Bay River
Classification Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 10922
Site Number NG25SE 5
NGR NG 268 526
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10922
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG25SE 5 268 526.
(NG 268 526) A small, heather-covered turf shieling, internal diameter 2.5m, walls 2.5m thick and 1.0m high internally, and 0.5m high externally. Situated 440m SW of Annait in a sheltered position at the foot of a rock face and beside a small stream into which a NE entrance opens in shieling fashion. A small cut through the turf wall opposite the entrance is probably modern.
Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/175: 2252-3
Visited by OS (C F W) 11 April 1961.
