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MHG36123 - LOCH NAM BREAC

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NC13SW 28 1032 3184

One shieling-hut and a pair of oval stone structures, lying on a small shelf under an E-facing crag about 120m W of Loch nam Breac, were recorded during a pre-afforestation survey of Drumbeg Common Grazings.
The shieling-hut measures 4m by 3m within 0.6m wide and 0.3m high stone banks. A second cell, measuring 1.8m by 1.4m internally, abuts the enclosure on the W. On plan, the layout of this structure is very similar to the shieling-hut (NC03SE 18) some 400m to the NW. Home's Plan of the farm of Oldany (1774) depicts a shieling-hut on the SW side of Loch nam Breac which may be the same site.
A pair of oval structures, measuring 1.2m by 0.9m internally, lies some 20m to the E. A third oval structure, measuring 1.5m by 0.9m internally, lies to the N of the shieling-hut.
M Dalland and C Lowe (Headland Archaeology) 20 December 1999; NMRS MS 899/188, no.5

Awaiting DES 2000 entry (2000/189).

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Grid reference	Centred NC 1031 3183 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC13SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	ASSYNT

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