MHG60955 - Shieling hut/house/byre - Cuingleum, West of Ormsaigbeg, Ardnamurchan
Summary
A small shieling hut or a small house/byre at Cuingleum, at the western end of Ormsaigbeg.
Type and Period (3)
- SHIELING HUT (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- (Alternate Type) HOUSE? (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- (Alternate Type) BYRE? (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A small shieling hut or a small house/byre at Cuingleum, at the western end of Ormsaigbeg.
Cuingleum was a satellite settlement of Ormsaigbeg. Houses, shieling huts, field walls, rig and furrow fields and more features are visible both on the ground and in satellite images. Roy’s map of 1848 shows ‘Ormsaig beg’ at Cuingleum. In Bald’s map of 1806, several fields are marked as used in Cuingleum, though the Ormsaigbeg settlement is marked in the known position of the Ormsaigbeg clachan. The area was visited and photographed by J Haylett in March 2014. Site 04: NM 46556 62636, remains of a shieling hut/small dwelling/byre, but rocks are dispersed around it, so may also have also been used as clearance cairn. Distinct wall base seen to northwest side aligned 20⁰, and poss entrance to SW. <1>
GIS spatial data created in 2019 according to location of feature as seen on 1999-2001 vertical APs. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG26109 Text/Record Form/Field Recording Form: Haylett, J. 2013-14. West Ardnamurchan Archaeology Record Forms. Unaffiliated. Yes. Digital. 465626.04.
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map). XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 4655 6264 (10m by 10m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM46SE |
| Civil Parish | ARDNAMURCHAN |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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