MHG10052 - Township - Puill Fhraoich
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- TOWNSHIP (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH69NW 20 centred on 619 989.
An area of 18th - 19th century depopulation, Puill Fhraoich, consisting of four building footings in a field complex of walls, banks, and individual enclosures. The buildings range in size from 8m by 4m to 21m by 5m. There is a well-preserved corn-drying kiln at NH 6192 9895.
Visited by OS (J M) 4 September 1980.
A township comprising four roofed and one unroofed building, a circular enclosure and four fields is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet ciii). Seven unroofed buildings, an enclosure, three fields and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1970).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 3 November 1995
A desk-based assessment and walkover survey was undertaken by CFA Archaeology in 2017 of the proposed Garvary Wind Farm development site.
Site 4: The Ordnance Survey (1980) recorded that the buildings range in size from 8 m by 4 m to 21 m by 5 m. There is a well-preserved corn-drying kiln (MHG20022) at NH 6192 9895. 'Peilfraoich' is first shown and named on Burnett's map (1855). It is shown as an abandoned (unroofed) settlement on the 1907 map. The enclosures and fields, defined by the remains of stone walls, and the remains of buildings are visible on modern aerial photography (Google Earth). Evidence of rig and furrow can be seen in some of the fields and the field system (and cultivation) can be seen to extend as far west as the circular enclosure (sheepfold) at 261754, 899258 (26); although this is less well preserved. The enclosed field system can also be seen to extend to the northeast of the remains shown on the 2015 Ordnance Survey map and possible fields and other features are visible on the northeast side of the track between 'Puill Fhraoich' and 'Cnoc Garbh-Airigh' (4).
The remains appear to be those of a small township (fermtoun) abandoned sometime between 1874 and 1903 (the date of the 2nd edition survey) and are more extensive and complex than currently mapped. Field survey found the remains of the township to be well preserved and surviving within the extent mapped on the modern Ordnance Survey maps. The remains include stone field boundary dykes up to 1.2 m wide and up to 1 m high and building remains surviving as upstanding stone walls up to 1 m wide and up to 1 m high. <1>
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Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred NH 6200 9894 (319m by 370m) (2 map features) |
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Map sheet | NH69NW |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | CREICH |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13955 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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