Monument record MHG52838 - Shieling, Cnoc a' Bhaid Bhain (6 of 8)

A small, square shieling, possibly used as storage, is set on the NW side of a grassy knoll (Plate 5). It measures 2.5m x 2.5m and its lower NW side is defined by a row of 4 angular, breeze block-sized boulders, trending 42 degrees. Its other 3 wall sides appear only to consist of low linear mounds of moss and heather-overgrown turf. Its internal area is only 1.5m square. There is a possible 0.5m wide entrance in its upper, SE side. This site is one of a group of shieling huts identified during a walkover survey in April 2009. <1>

<1> Lindsay, N, 04/2009, Sallachy North: Loch Shin-side, Parish of Lairg, Sutherland - A Report on an Archaeological Walk-Over Survey, Feature 7 (Text/Report/Fieldwork Report). SHG24183.