Monument record MHG54181 - Milking shieling, Scalpay

Summary

A ruinous milking shieling recorded during walkover survey on Scalpay.

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Grid reference NG 6316 2906 (point) (Centred)
Map sheet NG62NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Operational Area ROSS SKYE AND LOCHABER
Civil Parish STRATH

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A ruinous milking shieling is situated on a south-east facing terrace, on the slopes ofBeinn Loch a' Mhuillin, at 57 metres aD. Lying 10 metres west of a small burn, the structure comprises a milking pen measuring 4 metres square internally. Built off this pen are a small smoking cell and a paved dairy. The 1.4 metre wide entrance faces east. This structure is almost identical in plan to the milking shieling excavated at Torrin on Skye. <1>

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  • <1> Text/Report: Birch, S. April 2001. Scalpay WGS: Archaeological Survey of Proposed Planting Areas. West Coast Archaeological Services. . Digital. Site 3.

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Record last edited

Dec 14 2010 3:57PM

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