Monument record MHG4000 - Lag Sletir, Rhum
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 3484 9604 (108m by 100m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM39NW |
| Old County | ARGYLL |
| Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
Incomplete, heath/rough pasture on gentle hillslope with SW aspect at an altitude of 100-110m OD.
SMR card.
On gently sloping ground there are two huts. The larger sets on a shieling mound and has been disturbed by the insertion of a pen; the other has two roughly circular compartments.
Soc An Scot: 1983: Arch Sites & Mons of Rhum: RCAHMS: pp15: Nos 69 & 70.
NM39NW 20 348 960.
There are sheiling groups on either side of a field-dyke linking the Allt Lag Sleitir and the Abhainn Rangail. The N group comprises three huts with attached cells, and two detached cells; the S group contains one rectangular hut with the entrance at the junction of the long and short side, an oval hut, a subrectangular hut with opposed entrances, and an unusual rectangular hut (5.4m by 1.6m internally) with opposed entrances.
Visited by RCAHMS May 1983.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2674 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1983. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Rhum, Lochaber District, Highland Region. . 15, No.70.
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2017 10:12AM
