Monument record MHG266 - Shieling Hut, Poll Luachrain

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Grid reference Centred NM 5940 5719 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM55NE
Old County ARGYLL
Civil Parish MORVERN
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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Poll Luachrain. Remains of 2 houses, a shieling in the 18th century and later woodland. Period of occupation uncertain but deserted by 1836. Outline of another house, technically in Sornagan (NM55NE 7) at NM 593 573.
P Gaskell 1968

Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xxxix). Three unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 May 1998

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Gaskell, P. 1968. Morvern transformed: a highland parish in the nineteenth century. 158.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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