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MHG7631 - Shielings - Allt Na Moine

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A large shieling site with ten structures to the north of the river and nine to the south

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NG65SE 1 6995 5251.

Situated 1.6km ESE of Lonbain, about 150m OD, is a group of some 18 huts disposed on either side of the Allt na Moine which flows through the centre of the site; there are largish oblong huts and small circular ones but none has traces of mounded foundations. (There were previously thought to have been possible cairns: Name Book 1875)
G Stell and E Beaton 1984; Name Book 1875.

Shielings surveyed at 1:10560 scale.
Visited by OS 27 April 1965.

'Cairns'. OS 6-inch 1st ed. (Ross-shire, 1880), sheet xciA

7 structures, labelled as cairns, are depicted on 1st edition of OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1880, sheet xciA). The location of 12 shieling-huts are plotted on current edition of OS 1:10000 map (1991).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 April 1996.

A rapid walk-over survey of a proposed Woodland Grant Scheme application at North Applecross, Wester Ross, was undertaken by C. Dagg.

Site no. L5: Shieling Huts. A large shieling site with ten structures to the north of the river and nine to the south, on a flat green sheltered area below a waterfall. Structures are of varying sizes, mostly simple horse-shoe shaped storage structures, some more complex and maybe used as dwelling huts. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2023 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 6996 5251 (111m by 101m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG65SE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	APPLECROSS

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