Monument record MHG14577 - Allt Nan Sac

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 9730 5780 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG95NE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish GAIRLOCH

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

The grazing area of this shieling was involved in a dispute over estate boundaries in 1835 (for which, see also NG95NE 2).
Uphill from Carn Anthony and walking to the top edge of the pasture area is (a) a small bothy with a curved wall attached. E of this is (b) a small squarish structure incorporating an overhanging rock. A dyke is evident under vegetation at the upper edge of the grazing area.
50m downhill from (b) is (c), the footings of a very small, overgrown bothy. Further downhill on a hummock and in the grazing area is the outline of (d), a roughly oval structure, delineated by raised vegetation but with a few stones visible, c3.5 by 5m.
E of (d), and also on a small hummock, is an area of rushes with afew stones visible, c2.5 by 2m (e).
Downhill of (e) is another hummock at the bottom edge of the grazings with a visible outline of stones c3m by 2.5m.
M Macdonald 1993.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Macdonald, M. 1993. 'Allt nan Sac - Glen Torridon (Gairloch parish): shieling', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1993, p.48. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 48. 48.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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