Monument record MHG11896 - Crannog, Loch Shin

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Grid reference Centred NC 4609 1986 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC41NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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NC41NE 1 4609 1986.

In Loch Shin there is a lake dwelling constructed of earth and stones.
R Munro 1882; J Stuart 1868.

NC 46091986. Air Photographs show a circular feature in the loch at this spot - and which may be the crannog; but the site is now under water. Visited by OS (W D J) 26 April 1961; Visible on OS air photographs 5.S.16 128-9.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Stuart, J. 1868. 'Notice of a group of artificial islands in the Loch of Dowalton, Wigtonshire, and of other artificial islands or "Crannogs" throughout Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 6 1864-6, p.114-78. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 114-78. 176.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Munro, R. 1882. Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs: with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake dwellings in England. 247.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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