Monument record MHG54547 - Loch Na H-airigh Bige

A rapid walkover survey was carried out in November 2000 in advance of a WGS proposal centred on Loch na h-Airigh Bige. On the N shore were the remains of two buildings within a substantial enclosure, the site of the shieling which gave its name to the loch. On the S side of the loch traces of dykes and rigs suggest this may have been a semi-permanent settlement. A 60m cutting now diverts some of the water out of the loch rather than through the natural drainage into the An Garbh Allt to the S. Since the area was probably converted to sheep farming by 1800, this may date this feature to the 18th century. <1>

<1> Wordsworth J, 2000, Duck Loch, Tongue (Text/Report/Fieldwork Report). SHG21459.