MHG44132 - Possible Shieling Hut, Cnoc Olasdail

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHIELING HUT (Undated)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

Hut circle, 7.0m in diameter and 0.75m high, with a double row of stones on circumference. It is associated with a field wall, 40.0m long, running uphill from it.
R J Mercer 1980

In line of an old field wall is a roughly circular structure 3.0m across within walling spread 1.5m broad and 0.2m high; in the vicinity are several bothy-type footings. All are remains of land activity abandoned in the 18th/19th century.
Visited by OS June 1981

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 5525 1743 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NC51NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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