Monument record 1692 - BOTH A' CHLAIR BHIG

NB11SW 1 116 147

Name applies to a cluster of shielings on the N side of Abhainn a' Chlair Bhig. {OS 1:10,000 map, 1973, shows a close group of four shieling-huts, centred NB 1162 1480, with a further two on the S side of Abhainn a' Chlair Bhig, at NB 1162 1475, and three, also S of Abhainn a' Chlair Bhig, at NB 1166 1475, NB 1167 1474 and NB 1168 1473. Described variously as 'Old Shielings' and 'Beehive Huts', they are situated at 70m OD, and, with the exception of that at NB 1162 1479, shown as a rectangle, all are shown as stylised circles.}
Name Book, Ross-shire (Insular), No. 114 p.9 (compiled 1851)

Two unroofed buildings, which are annotated as Ruins and one is L-shaped, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 40). Two roofed circular structures, six unroofed circular structures and one unroofed building are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 26 June 1997

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

AOC Archaeology Group, 2024, Coltraiseal Beag Cairn, Telecoms Installation: Heritage Impact Assessment (Unpublished document). SWE41335.