Description

The 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 12m in diameter and has a SE entrance. Walls run off from the sheepfold to S and N and may form

small subsiduary sheepfolds or shepherds huts.

The area to be scheduled measures 30m N-S and 20m E-W, to cover the sheepfold and the subsiduary enclosures to N and S, as shown in red on the attached plan.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

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 of this example may indicate a comparatively early date. This sheepfold is one of an important group of Post-Medieval sites and structures to the north of Lairg.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NC60NW 59.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland