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MHG59645 - Building/possible chapel, Torr a' Bheithe, Rhu

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Ruined building, a possible chapel at Torr a' Bheithe, Rhu

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Eight unroofed buildings which are labelled as Old Shielings are depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973). Six unroofed buildings and an incomplete enclosure are shown on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet cxxxiv).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 August 1996

The OS map shows a series of features to the east of Tòrr a’Bheithe which are described as 'Old Shielings'. These are not shielings but permanent structures both of drystone and possibly of turf and stone construction. They were not examined in detail. <1>

Tòrr a’Bheithe is a settlement of nine sub-rectangular ruins with at least some walling and another similar eight features with only signs of footings. Marked as old shielings on the modern OS maps, this was once, however, a permanent settlement with remains of several enclosure walls and a possible corn kiln. It was surveyed in 2013 by Rough Bounds Archaeology et al.

Site 33. A large c. 10 x 4 mtr feature of low tumble walls with no obvious entrance lying N/S with the north western corner within a metre or two of the end of the dyke (MHG59643). A large sycamore tree is growing inside the southern end of the building. The dyke described at Wp32 seems to peter out on east side of the structure where there is a natural low outcrop of rock. Working against the idea that the structure was once a chapel is that it does not lie E/W. <2>

NGR adjusted based on 2012 aerial photographs. <3>

1st Edition OS 6" <4>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NM 6435 8394 (11m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM68SW
Civil Parish	ARISAIG AND MOIDART
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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