MHG10263 - Kinbrace Burn

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHIELING HUT (Undated)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NC92NW 12 902 296.

There are at least nine sub-rectangular shieling-huts and three mounds on the valley floor of the Kinbrace Burn. Four of the huts are sub-divided and three have three compartments, with two small cells opening out of a larger central compartment. The structures are defined by low turf walls with intermittent stone facing and most are slightly mounded. They measure up to 7.9m by 1.9m and stand to a maximum height of 0.5m.
(KILD91 140-151)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 6 April 1991.

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NC 9021 2966 (204m by 172m)
Map sheet NC92NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish KILDONAN

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