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Latitude: 58.0793 / 58°4'45"N
Longitude: -4.3675 / 4°22'2"W
OS Eastings: 260481
OS Northings: 912479
OS Grid: NC604124
Mapcode National: GBR H7LC.N4P
Mapcode Global: WH3BC.W6F4
Entry Name: Meall Meadhonach, sheepfold 1550m NW of
Scheduled Date: 21 October 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5161
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: enclosure
Location: Lairg
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Traditional County: Sutherland
This monument consists of a well preserved sheepfold with associated enclosures. The low drystone wall of the sheepfold is overgrown with turf and heather, encloses an area about 16m in diameter and has an E entrance. Walls run off from the sheepfold to the S and N and may
form small subsidiary sheepfolds or shepherds huts. The area to be scheduled measures 33m N-S by 21m E-W, to cover the sheepfold and the subsiduary enclosures to N and S.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved and complex example of a sheepfold, a common but little-studied type of structure. The monument incorporates important information on Post-Medieval farming practices. Sheepfolds were constructed throughout the Post-Medieval and Modern periods, and presumably earlier. The state of preservation this example may indicate a comparatively early date. This sheepfold is one of a number of Post-Medieval structures to the north of Lairg which are being proposed for scheduling and as a group, as well as individually, these incorporate important information on settlement structure and farming practices at this time.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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