MHG60652 - Building - Sand, Gairloch

Summary

Footings of building at Sand, Gairloch

Type and Period (1)

  • BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

A crofting township comprising fifty-nine roofed, one partially roofed, nineteen unroofed buildings and some enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xix). Twenty-four roofed, two partially roofed, thirty-three unroofed buildings and some enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 April 1996

See MHG21644 for main township record.

A walk over survey of the Sand area was undertaken by Macinnes. A, in 2012.

Site 14. Footings of house (local knowledge). <1>

1st Edition OS 6" <2>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location approximate. (T. Blackie 26/6/19)

Sources/Archives (2)

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NG 9067 9106 (6m by 6m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG99SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish GAIRLOCH

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