Monument record MHG36066 - CNOC NAN RATHAG

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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NC14NE 23 1875 4809

Two small possible pens, situated on a shelf on the SE side of Cnoc nan Rathag opposite and to the N of Blar an Tairbh, were recorded during a pre-afforestation survey of Scourie and Foindle Common Grazings.
The smaller structure, which may be a lambing-pen, measures 2.5m by 1.8m within a drystone wall composed of large unquarried stones abutting a crag. At the base it measures 0.7m in width and it stands 0.3m in height. There is a possible entrance on the SW end, facing towards the second enclosure. Interpreted as a sheep-pen, this enclosure is situated about 18m to the SW. It is rectangular on plan, measuring 6m by 5m within 0.7m thick walls standing up to 1m in height on the W although much reduced elsewhere. C Lowe and M Dalland (Headland Archaeology) 17 December 1999: NMRS MS 899/180, no.4

Awaiting DES 2000 entry (2000/190).