MHG59568 - Still - Creagan Dubha

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Alternate Type) STILL (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • STRUCTURE (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

A single drystone rectangular structure was recorded during an NTS pre-afforestation survey of Kintail and West Affric in 1997. It was located high above Invershiel at c.220m OD, and was well hidden set into the hillslope adjacent to a burn. It was aligned E-W and measured c.7m by c.3m over walls c.0.5m wide and c.0.5m high. There were extensive peat cuttings on the terrace above. This building may have been a bothy for peat cutting, but it was sufficiently close to Invershiel for this to be unnecessary. It is more plausibly interpreted as a still site. <1>

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NG 9421 1924 (60m by 60m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG91NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish GLENSHIEL

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