MHG5056 - Shieling hut - Abhainn Choishleadar 2

Summary

A shieling hut adjacent to the Abhainn Choisleader, Skye.

Type and Period (1)

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

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Full Description

A shieling hut adjacent to the Abhainn Choisleader, Skye.

Contained within a loop of the Abhainn Choishleadar at a height of 140m OD are the ruins of a shieling, of the single cell type, reduced to a low turf mound with a circular depression in the top.
Information from R Miket, October 1989.

The site was subsequently visited and recorded during a walkover survey by Archaeological and Ancient Landscape Survey in 2001 in advance of the proposed Edinbane Wind Farm development.

Site W: Lying on the west bank of the Abhainn Choisleader is a low turf mound with a circular hollow in it’s top. Probably a single cell shieling. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG21699 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wildgoose, M.. 2001. Edinbane Wind Farm Archaeological and Ancient Landscape Survey: Isle of Skye: Rapid walk-over survey & Desk based Survey. Archaeological and Ancient Landscape Survey. 16/01/2002. Digital (scanned as PDF). Site W.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 3499 4801 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG34NW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	DUIRINISH

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Related Investigations/Events (1)

DBA and walkover survey - proposed wind farm development, Edinbane (EHG706)

External Links (1)

https://canmore.org.uk/site/11101 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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