Monument record MHG10255 - Allt A Chraisg

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 5189 2690 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC52NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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NC52NW 3 519 269.

The remains of two well-defined shieling bothies, 80m apart, the walls standing to a maximum height of 0.4m. The southernmost at NC 5200 2684, measured 9m N-S by 2.5m and has a small annexe on its west side. The other at NC 5197 2691 measures 11m by 2.5m and is divided into two compartments.
Visited by OS (JLD) 26 April 1961.

Two unroofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet lxiii). Three shieling-huts are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 3 October 1995

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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