Monument record MHG5928 - Allt Nam Maighdean

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Grid reference Centred NG 2819 5219 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG25SE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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NG25SE 12 282 522.

This group of three shielings, two mounds and a hut, lies along the S side of the Allt nam Maighdean as it runs through gently sloping ground some 500m E of the road to Waternish. The westernmost is a large subrectangular mound, 13.5m in length by 5.5m in breadth, standing to 1m in height. On its top, towards its E end, is a hut with a stony perimeter, 2.9m in length by 2.2m in breadth. The middle shieling is a stone-walled hut and the easternmost a small mound.
(WAT90 914-6)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 16 November 1990.

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  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1993. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Waternish, Skye and Lochalsh District, Highland Region: an archaeological survey. .

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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