Monument record MHG4548 - Ruighe Nan Leum

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Location

Grid reference Centred NN 8863 8903 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NN88NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish ALVIE
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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NN 88626 89018
The remains of a small rectangular structure lie on the east side of a heathery knoll, in the mouth of the narrow ravine of the Allt na Leuma. N-S axis, internal dimensions 4m x 2m, with roughly constructed stone walls to a height of 0.6-0.8m, overgrown with heather. The corners are squared and there is an entrance at the SE corner.
M. Marshall - July 2003

NN88NE 1 8864 8903
A roofless building, which may be a shieling-hut, situated on the E side of the Allt na Leuma near its confluence with the River Feshie, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1872, sheet cxviii). It is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (P McK) 5 January 1995 and (AKK) 27 September 1996.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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