MHG10196 - Dalveghouse
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- TOWNSHIP (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NC75NW 40 717 557.
(NC 717 557) Dalveghouse (OS 6"map, Sutherland, 1st ed., 1873). The remains of a depopulated settlement, mentioned as Dalvigaibe (Macfarlane 1906-8) in 1726, which since it was under sheep in 1873 (ONB 1873) is presumably one of those abandoned during the clearance of Strathnaver between 1814 and 1819.
Name Book 1873; W Macfarlane 1906-8; J Prebble 1963.
Dalveghouse (name unverified) comprises the footings of about three longhouses, the largest 28.0m by 4.0m along with associated enclosures. Rig and furrow cultivation is visible north of the structures. Visited by OS (J B) 18 December 1978.
This township comprising four unroofed long buildings, three other unroofed buildings and three enclosures, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxvii). Six unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 August 1995
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SHG18007 Image/Photograph(s): Dalveghouse. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG18008 Image/Photograph(s): Dalveghouse. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG18009 Image/Photograph(s): Dalveghouse. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG18010 Image/Photograph(s): Dalveghouse. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2441 Text/Publication/Volume: Mitchell, Sir A and Clark, J T (eds.). 1906-8. Geographical collections relating to Scotland. Vol. 1, 188.
- --- SHG2636 Text/Publication/Volume: Prebble, J. 1963. The Highland clearances. 106-24.
- --- SHG3351 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 20, 188.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7175 5565 (189m by 432m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC75NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/6244 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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