Monument record MHG40140 - Doir' A' Bhaird
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 7820 8130 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NG78SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | GAIRLOCH |
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Full Description
Renumbered from NG78SE006A
JHooper, 29/7/2002
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NG78SE 1.02 centred on 783 813
The occupation of the area as shielings is shown by the presence of some thirty shieling bothies, two of which have been constructed within older hut-circles. The bothies, built of stone, are either rectangular or boat-shaped with an average size of 5.0m x 3.0m x 0.3m, although one measures 9.0m x 4.0m. Above the modern sheepfold at NG 782 813 the shieling area has been partially enclosed by a stone dyke, the foundations of which are quite distinct.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 11 October 1964.
One shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edtion of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xliv). At least twenty-three shieling-huts and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 19 April 1996.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
