Monument record MHG5023 - Oronsay, Skye
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 3149 3610 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG33NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | BRACADALE |
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NG33NW 9 315 361.
Area centred NG 315 361: At the NE end of Isle Oronsay on level ground below a low escarpment at about 75' OD there are at least 40 shielings in very ruinous condition and difficult to identify, the majority situated within an area of lazy-bed cultivation which probably accounts for their condition. (Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/175: 1016-17)
They are mainly of single-cell type, with a few double-cell examples, circular or oval on plan, measuring between 4.0 and 8.0m in diameter externally and averaging about 0.2m in height.
Visited by OS (C F W) 9 June 1961.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
