MHG5000 - Ben Totaig

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHIELING HUT (Undated)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

NG14NE 9 191 495.

(NG 191495) Shielings for goat-milking.
Information from Dr J Ross to OS, 1961.

Below a rock face on the SE slopes of Ben Totaig at about 500ft OD, there is small group of ruined shielings comprising at least 7 huts of single- and multi-cell construction. The site is unusual in that it is not placed beside a stream.
Visited by OS (A C) 2 June 1961.

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 1909 4950 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG14NE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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