MHG5930 - Allt Suardale

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SHIELING (Undated)

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NG25SE 14 2976 5384.

Situated beside one of the burns that form the headwaters of the Allt Suardale is a group of at least five shieling-mounds. The smallest measures 7m in diameter by 0.6m in height, but the largest, which may well have originated as two separate mounds, measures 16m by 8m and 1m in height. A small oval hut lies immediately S of one of the mounds. (WAT90 1458-62)
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 24 June 1990.

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--- SHG2677 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1993. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Waternish, Skye and Lochalsh District, Highland Region: an archaeological survey. .

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Grid reference	Centred NG 2976 5384 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG25SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	DUIRINISH

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/71500 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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