MHG27270 - Building, Allt a' Choire Reidh

Summary

Building, Allt a' Choire Reidh

Type and Period (2)

  • SHIELING HUT? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

What may be an unroofed shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet lxxviii). Two unroofed buildings which may be shieling-huts are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 1 August 1996.

Lower Coire Reidh
Site identified during an archaeological survey of Loch Hourn by NOSAS in 2006.

Site 683. The faced stone walls, standing up to 1.2m in height, of a building, measuring c4.5m NNE-SSW x 3m internally. There is a small window in the SSW gable, a possible entrance in the west side and square corners inside and out. Depicted on the current OS 1:25,000 map. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2010 APs <2>

1st Edition OS 6" <3>

Sources/Archives (3)

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NG 9305 0919 (5m by 7m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG90NW
Civil Parish GLENELG
Geographical Area LOCHABER

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Investigations/Events (1)

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