Scheduled monument which has been identified by the description and map. Scheduled monument records provide an indication of the national importance of the We schedule sites and monuments that are found to be of national importance using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019) Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields. Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. No Bibliography entries for this designation About Scheduled Monuments 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. The state of preservation this example may indicate a comparatively early date. Sheepfolds were constructed throughout the Post-Medieval and Modern periods, and presumably earlier. The monument incorporates important information on Post-Medieval farming practices. 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 area to be scheduled measures 33m N-S by 21m E-W, to cover the sheepfold and the subsiduary enclosures to N and S. Walls run off from the sheepfold to the S and N and mayįorm small subsidiary sheepfolds or shepherds huts. 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. This monument consists of a well preserved sheepfold with associated enclosures.