MHG10110 - Achormlarie

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  • ENCLOSURE (Undated)

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Full Description

NH69SE 19 691 947.

Noted during pre-afforestation survey D Ross 1983.

'A' is a rectangular building foundation 10.5m by 3.8m internally. 'B' is a D-shaped enclosure 12.3m N-S by 13m E-W internally. The inner face measures 1.3m high with the interior lying below ground level. The wall spread is 3m wide and entrance on SSE measures 2.3m in length and is 2m wide.
D W Ross, S E Finlay and P Ashmore 1983, 13 (see archive MS/578/1).

A farmstead comprising an unroofed building, and two enclosures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet cix). Two unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 November 1995

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6919 9479 (178m by 280m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH69SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DORNOCH

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