MHG26789 - Allt na Feithe Duibhe

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHIELING SETTLEMENT (Undated)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

( a ) NJ 0032 1114 An indistinct structure, possibly a shieling hut.
( b ) NJ 0034 1115 A substantial structure, 12m x 5m.
( c ) NJ 0027 1110 A shieling hut, 8.5m x 3.5m.
This site is referred to by Forsyth (1900, 31), as a shieling, although the story he tells implies that it was occupied more permanently.
Information from Ann Wakeling, 8/12/99


Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Fri 10 Mar 2000
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NJ01SW 4 0034 1114

What may be a farmstead, comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which has a length of field-wall attached, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1875, sheet lxxiv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 16 July 1996.

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NJ 0032 1110 (80m by 147m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NJ01SW
Civil Parish ABERNETHY AND KINCARDINE
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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