MHG5266 - Tottrome

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHIELING HUT (Undated)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

NG55SW 3 508 533.

NG 508 533 Upon the banks of a small stream, below the Old Man of Storr, at 750 feet OD, are the remains of about 7 ruined shielings. They appear as green mounds with some loose stone. There are one-and two-cell structures.
Visited by OS (A S P) 27 April 1961.

This site was visited during survey in 1994. It was only possible to relocate two single cell turf and stone shielings,lying on the west bank of a small burn. The other 5 structures recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1961 were unlocateable. <1>

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 5080 5328 (241m by 151m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG55SW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish SNIZORT

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