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MHG13001 - Shielings - Loch Nan Cullach

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A group of approximately 11 shieling bothies.

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NC 046 294. Eleven shielings and enclosures on cleared land around Loch nan Cullach.
Info contained in letter from T C Welsh, 4 July 1971.

A group of approximately 11 shieling bothies centred at NC047293 among broken rocky country. The shielings and contemporary cultivation strips are almost completely encircled by a wall. The bothy footings are small, sub-rectangular to sub-triangular in plan, and up to 0.4 m high. Some remains are so poor that they are almost indistinguishable from associated stone clearance heaps which occur in the vicinity.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (J B) 28 July 1980.

A walkover survey of an area affected by a proposed Woodland Grant Scheme at Balchladich, was conducted by C. Dagg in 1999: Site 10: Probable Shieling Site. This site was well away from the survey area but was mentioned for the purpose of inclusion in the Highland Council's Sites and Monuments Register. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 0471 2929 (208m by 253m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC02NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	ASSYNT

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