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MHG10338 - Crannog - Loch Buidhe

Summary

No trace is now visible above the present level of the Loch, which was artificially raised by the construction of the dam in the 19th century.

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NH69NE 2 6689 9831.

Only a pile of loose stones remain of the island in Loch Buie (? Buidhe - NH 65 98) which was inhabited in 1630 (Gordon 1813).
R Gordon 1813; F O Blundell 1913.

No trace and no local knowledge of an island in Loch Buidhe.
Visited by OS (R L) 4 November 1969.

There is no trace of an island in Loch Buidhe; there is a dam at E end of loch which has raised the level between 1m and 2m. Air photograph (Visible on RAF 106G/Scot/UK 166: 3156; flown 23 August 1946) shows an amorphous submerged feature at NH 6689 9831, significantly at a change of direction in the parish boundary. This may be the island to which Blundell refers.

DBAs and walkover surveys were carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd in November 2002 and April 2003 in advance of a proposed wind farm development at Cambusmore Estate, near Bonar Bridge, Sutherland.

Site 31; The NMRS (ref NH69NE 2) records that the remains of a crannog exist in Loch Buidhe. There is a reference to the remains as a pile of loose stones being all that remains of an island which was inhabited in 1630 (Gordon 1813). The 1946 aerial photograph coverage shows an amorphous, submerged feature at NGR 6689 9831, which coincides, significantly, with a change of direction in the parish boundary. No trace is now visible above the present level of the Loch, which was artificially raised by the construction of the dam (site 9) in the 19th century. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6691 9826 (40m by 40m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH69NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DORNOCH

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