MHG38879 - Shieling huts - Dunvegan

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHIELING HUT (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

A scattered group of thirty plus degraded turf and turf and stone shielings on both banks of the Rageary Burn at the point where the burn emerges from its deeply cut gorge. Both single and double cell examples are present in about equal numbers. The shielings lie on a large area of very green improved grassland, which is enclosed by a turf dyke on its southern side and lies open to the north and west. <1>

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 3081 4683 (168m by 58m)
Map sheet NG34NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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