MHG50949 - Shieling huts, Camas Chonalain Mhoir, Loch Hourn

Summary

Shieling huts, Camas Chonalain Mhoir, Loch Hourn

Type and Period (1)

SHIELING HUT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD? to 1900 AD?)

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Camas Chonalain Mhoir
Sites identified during an archaeological survey of Loch Hourn by NOSAS in 2006.

Site 976 Shieling hut - The footings of an irregular rectilinear structure, c 5m x 3m, on a knoll within an area of sloping, bracken infested, grassland.

Site 975. Shieling hut - A drystone curvilinear structure, measuring c 4m x 4m and standing to 0.8m in height, with a smaller structure in the upper part. Ruinous, but the upslope walls are well delineated. The entrance is in the upslope wall and has walling above it. The structure lies c 3m from the burn. <1>

Note; Site not visible on Aps so location approximate. (T Blackie 11/6/18)

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG25085 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wombell, J. 03/2007. A Report on the 2006 Archaeological Survey of Loch Hourn, Inverness-shire. North of Scotland Archaeological Society. Digital. p.15,16 Sites 976, 975. XY

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Grid reference	Centred NG 86378 07477 (34m by 34m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG80NE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH

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Related Investigations/Events (1)

Archaeological Survey - Loch Hourn, Inverness-shire (2006) (EHG3429)

External Links (1)

https://canmore.org.uk/site/289656 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)

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