Monument record MHG52839 - Shieling, Cnoc a' Bhaid Bhain (7 of 8)

A rectangular shieling with a bulbous S end and a possible rectangular, interconnected outshot to the N of its W side, is set on top of a large grassy knoll. Its total size is 11m x 3m (tapering to 2m at its N end) and the outshot is 2m long, jutting out from the main W building line for 2m. The 3.5m long bulbous S end is a non-interconnecting compartment. Its low walls of occasionally visible boulders (mainly in its N gable) are mostly overgrown with moss and grass and stand <0.3m high. The longsides of the building trend 4 degrees. 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 8 (Text/Report/Fieldwork Report). SHG24183.