Monument record MHG4750 - Abhainn Easa Dhuibh, Skye

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 2406 4370 (258m by 256m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG24SW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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Full Description

NG24SW 6 240 437.

At NG 240 437, in the valley of the Abhainn Easa Dhuibh about 350 feet OD there is a small group of about 10 ruined sheilings situated below steep NE-facing hill-slopes. They are of the twin-cell type but reduced to turf-covered mounds with some loose stone exposed. (Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/175: 2146-7)
Visited by OS (A S P) 14 May 1961.

Orbost Estate Survey (1998), M Wildgoose. At this location twenty shielings were recorded. (Site no. 21)
J Aitken : 13/02/02.

Orbost Estate Survey - Hlink, refer to site 21.
J Aitken : 18/02/02.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report: Martin Wildgoose. 1998. An Archaeological Survey of the Orbost Estate.. .

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Record last edited

Mar 7 2017 10:57AM

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