MHG4750 - Shieling Huts - Abhainn Easa Dhuibh, Skye
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Type and Period (1)
- SHIELING HUT (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NG24SW 6 240 437.
At NG 240 437, in the valley of the Abhainn Easa Dhuibh about 350 feet OD there is a small group of about 10 ruined sheilings situated below steep NE-facing hill-slopes. They are of the twin-cell type but reduced to turf-covered mounds with some loose stone exposed. (Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/175: 2146-7)
Visited by OS (A S P) 14 May 1961.
Orbost Estate Survey (1998), M Wildgoose. At this location twenty shielings were recorded. (Site no. 21)
J Aitken : 13/02/02.
Orbost Estate Survey - Hlink, refer to site 21.
A compact group of twenty stone shielings lying on high green mounds consisting of thirteen single cell examples seven twin celled examples. A turf dyke runs through the group on a north to south alignment.
J Aitken : 18/02/02.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 2406 4370 (258m by 256m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG24SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | DUIRINISH |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/10901 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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