WoSAS Pin: 7969

Site Name: Shiels of Gartlea

Alternative Name(s):

Monument Type: Shieling-huts

Council: West Dunbartonshire

Parish: Dumbarton

Map Sheet: NS48SE

Grid Reference: 245800, 680700

Canmore Number: 43447

Non-Statutory Register Code: N

Site Report

WoSASPIN 7969
NS48SE 12 458 807

There are remains of shielings near a chambered cairn (see NS48SE 7).
A S Henshall 1972.

These are the 'Shiels of Gartlea'.
No traces survive in an afforested area.
Visited by OS (JP) 13 November 1975. Information from map is possession of Mr Christie, Gartlea.

Further Reading and Sources

Henshall, A S , The chambered tombs of Scotland. Vol 2, Edinburgh.(1972)