MHG11316 - Shieling Settlement, Loch an Toll Bhad

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SHIELING SETTLEMENT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD to 1900 AD)

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NC12NW 15 115 299.

NC 115 300. A group of seven shielings and enclosures lies on the 250 ft contour some 200m due SW of Loch Fada.
T C Welsh 1971q.

NC 115 299. Four sub-oval, stone footings of shieling bothies in bracken-clad pasture marked by sporadic rickles and heaps of cleared stone. There is an upstanding penning enclosure nearby.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JM) 15 May 1980.

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--- SHG215 Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1971. 'Assynt, moorland settlements', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1971, p.46. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 46. 46.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 1157 2966 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC12NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	ASSYNT

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/69829 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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