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MHG66282 - Possible Shieling Hut - Strathan

Summary

A rush covered mound some 1.2m high above the river plain.

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One unroofed building, which may be a shieling-hut, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xiii). The building is not shown on the current OS 1:10,000 map (1988).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 10 August 1995.

Lying on flat ground covered in part by heather, grass and rushes on either side of the Allt Dubh Mor, the remains of several shieling-huts and a house are indicated by a change in vegetation.

Feature 4: Lying on a roughly E-W axis, on a rush covered mound some 1.2m high above the river plain, a sub-rectangular structure measures 3.0m by 1.8m internally. The main walls are 0.7m thick. There is a possible entrance on the north side 0.6m wide. A small platform at the west end reaches some 1.5m beyond the wall line.<1>

NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 2462 6077 (18m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC26SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	EDDRACHILLIS

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