Monument record MHG12340 - Allt Loch an Tairbh

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 5642 3250 (46m by 82m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC53SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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NC53SE 6 5643 3249.

NC 5643 3249. On the W bank of the Allt Lochan Tairbh are the remains of two shielings. The northernmost is rectangular in shape and measures 7.0m by 3.5m, the walls being 0.4m high. The other, of cruder construction, is subrectangular in shape and measures 3.5m by 4.5m, the walls being 0.3m high on average. No other foundations or banks were seen in this area.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 3 May 1961

No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (JB) 30 June 1980

Two unroofed shieling-huts are shown on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet liii), and are similarly depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 3 October 1995

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2016 1:33PM

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