MHG6269 - Allt A'Ghille

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NG25SE 4.02 2800 5105.

This group of twelve shielings lies on the NE bank of the Allt a' Ghille about 250m SSE of the Fairy Bridge. It consists of 10 mounds and two huts. The mounds vary from 5.5m to 11m in diameter and stand between 0.3m and 1m in height, some with dimples in the top. The two huts are backed against the bank of the gully cut by the burn. They are of similar size at about 4.5m in length by 2.3m and 2.6m in breadth respectively within stony banks.
(WAT90 867-878)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 16 November 1990.

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Grid reference Centred NG 2799 5104 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG25SE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish DUIRINISH

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