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MHG4724 - Shieling Huts - Forse

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NG24SW 2 244 410.

At NG 244 410, 750 feet OD on a terrace on an east-facing slope there is a group of 7 ruined shielings. (visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/175: 1129-30)
While the two northernmost ones are reduced to a scatter of boulders within a low mound, the others show their two-cell construction in dry stone walling with entrance on the downhill side.
Visited by OS (A S P) 12 May 1961.

Previously recorded at grid ref. NG 244 410, updated and corrected with information from Orbost Estate Survey (1998), M Wildgoose. Site no. 54, eight shielings were recorded.
J Aitken : 13/02/02.

Orbost Estate Survey - Hlink, refer to site 54.
A linear group of eight ruined shielings on green mounds. The group is aligned north to south with the better preserved examples being at the south end. All visible entrances face down the slope to the east. The two most northerly shielings are reduced to just a few boulders amongst the heather. The remainder show their two celled construction in drystone walling.
J Aitken : 18/02/02

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Grid reference	Centred NG 2443 4102 (234m by 177m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG24SW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	DUIRINISH

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