Monument record MHG4890 - Glen Brittle Forest

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 3619 2859 (317m by 319m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG32NE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish BRACADALE

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NG32NE 4 362 286.

(NG 362 286) Group of about 35 ruined shielings situated on a shelf of the Eynort Valley at about 500' OD. Both single-and double-cell types are represented, some showing merely as mounds of turf with depressions in the top, but some are in good condition with the cells open and much of the walling in situ. The majority of the group lies on the NW side of the Eynort River but some are on the opposite bank. (Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/274: 4173-4)
Visited by OS (C F W) 4 June 1961.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council Archaeology Unit. HCAU Slide Collection Sheet 7. Colour slide. . Digital (scanned). 147.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2017 10:52AM

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