Monument record MHG51312 - Shieling hut set into head dyke above Lochcarron (A)
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 89805 40294 (6m by 6m) (Approximate) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG84SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | LOCHCARRON |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Six roofless buildings are set into the head-dyke wall, roughly equally spaced, with one in the middle of each crofting strip. Local knowledge has these buildings as shielings used while watching over the livestock, which at night were coralled into this end of the crofts, trapped between the head dyke and the river gorge forming two sides of a retaining triangle. The shieling huts were all built around 1800, the same time as Lochcarron itself was established. This information was submitted together with photographs by Paul Swan, a local researcher, in September 2008.
Building A measures 5.6m by 3.4m with a 0.8m wide doorway in the south side. <1><2>
This shieling hut is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of c.1881. <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG23871 Text/Correspondence: Swan, P. 2008-9. Correspondence from Paul Swan regarding several sites in the Lochcarron area. Yes. Digital.
- <2> SHG23888 Text/Manuscript: Swan, P. 2008. Shielings - Lochcarron Crofts. Yes. Digital.
- <3> SHG23411 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1881. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map: Ross-shire. Digital.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Oct 13 2008 11:10AM
