Monument record MHG11316 - Shieling Settlement, Loch an Toll Bhad

Summary

No summary available.

Location

Grid reference Centred NC 1157 2966 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC12NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish ASSYNT
Old County SUTHERLAND

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NC12NW 15 115 299.

NC 115 300. A group of seven shielings and enclosures lies on the 250 ft contour some 200m due SW of Loch Fada.
T C Welsh 1971q.

NC 115 299. Four sub-oval, stone footings of shieling bothies in bracken-clad pasture marked by sporadic rickles and heaps of cleared stone. There is an upstanding penning enclosure nearby.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JM) 15 May 1980.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1971. 'Assynt, moorland settlements', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1971, p.46. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 46. 46.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Oct 20 2016 10:00AM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.