MHG7631 - Shielings, Allt Na Moine
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- SHIELING HUT (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NG65SE 1 6995 5251.
Situated 1.6km ESE of Lonbain, about 150m OD, is a group of some 18 huts disposed on either side of the Allt na Moine which flows through the centre of the site; there are largish oblong huts and small circular ones but none has traces of mounded foundations. (There were previously thought to have been possible cairns: Name Book 1875)
G Stell and E Beaton 1984; Name Book 1875.
Shielings surveyed at 1:10560 scale.
Visited by OS 27 April 1965.
'Cairns'. OS 6-inch 1st ed. (Ross-shire, 1880), sheet xciA
7 structures, labelled as cairns, are depicted on 1st edition of OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1880, sheet xciA). The location of 12 shieling-huts are plotted on current edition of OS 1:10000 map (1991).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 April 1996.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 6995 5251 (10m by 10m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG65SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | APPLECROSS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/11613 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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