Monument record MHG7329 - Shieling Settlement, Achiltibuie

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 0497 1074 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC01SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish LOCHBROOM

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Full Description

NC 01SW 9.00 centred on 049 107

9.01 NC 0498 1074 Shieling-huts
(ACHIL94 101-104, 107-119,327-348)
9.02 centred on NC 049 107 Field banks; Small cairns
9.03 NC 0498 1066 Burnt mounds
(ACHIL94 105, 106, 349)

The Allt Coir Osgaig drains into the SE end of Loch Osgaig through a sheltered valley within which there are the remains of at least forty-one shieling-huts, three burnt mounds and a system of field banks which, for the most part lie between extensive stands of scrub birch (at least two huts and a bank were visible within the woodland but were not surveyed).
Two huts and the outline of an area which is annotated 'a shealing' are shown on May's survey of 1758 (SRO, RHP 85395), and two roofless structures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Cromartyshire 1881, sheet iii).
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 23 June 1994

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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