MHG17963 - Possible Shieling Hut, Strathan
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NC26SW 8 247 608
An unroofed building, which may have been 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) 9 August 1995.
An oval sheiling-hut on a N-S axis lying on a raised bank some 2m above the river and measuring 3.7m by 2.8m. The walls are up to 1m thick and mostly heather covered. There is an entrance 0.6m wide facing the south-west. In the grass covered interior a single stone 0.5m long is well embedded in the soil.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 2470 6079 (10m by 10m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC26SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | EDDRACHILLIS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/86162 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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