Monument record MHG55733 - Possible shieling hut - Dhoire Bheithe, Lochcarron, Wester Ross

The site of a possible shieling hut at Dhoire Bheithe, Lochcarron, was noted during a walkover survey of the Coulin Estate by Highland Archaeology Services prior to a proposed tree planting scheme on the estate in 2011. It occupyed the edge of a slightly raised terrace on the east bank of the Allt Dhoire Bheithe and was a low, grassy, oval, hollow mound which may have been the turf footings of a small shieling-type hut. No stones were visible in the structure. While this is unusual in this area, such huts are common elsewhere in the Highlands <1>

<1> Dagg, C., 2011, Coulin Estate Lochcarron, West Ross: Archaeological Survey, p.17 (Text/Report/Fieldwork Report). SHG25694.