MHG1424 - Shieling Hut, Cnoc Balavreed
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Full Description
There are remains of four shielings lying in a green patch on rising ground some 540 m SW of the ruined cottage at Snitut. The remains consist of grass and stone foundations and vary in size from 4 by 3m to 7 by 3m and 0.2m in average height.
Visited by OS (E G C) 19 April 1961.
(ND 113 430) Old Shielings (NAT) OS 6" map, (1962)
No change. Revised at 1:10560. Visited by OS (JM) 4 3 1982.
An unroofed shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xxvii). Four unroofed shieling-huts are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 December 1995
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 1130 4300 (10m by 10m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND14SW |
| Civil Parish | HALKIRK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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- https://canmore.org.uk/site/8284 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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