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MHG10342 - Farmstead - Alltan-Riabhach

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NH69NE 24 674 980.

Farmstead, including corn-drying kiln, fields: noted during pre-afforestation survey.
D Ross 1983.

The long rectangular building foundation at Alltan-Riabhach measures 15.5m by 2.8m internally with an annexe, a corn-drying kiln and 'fields'. To the SW lie a contemporary rectangular building and a sheepfold.
Information from D W Ross, S E Finlay and P Ashmore 1983,
NMRS MS/578/1, 7)

A farmstead, comprising two roofed buildings and an enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879-81, cviii). One roofed building, one unroofed building, a field and an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1990).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 22 November 1995.

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.

The NMRS (ref NH69NW 24) records a farmstead, including corn-drying kiln and fields noted during pre-afforestation survey. Two roofed buildings and an enclosure are depicted on the 1st Edition OS map. The field survey located an upstanding, roofed building in poor repair with a date stone on the eastern gable which reads 1875. The building measures 11m E-W by 5m N-S. The building is situated at the south-east end of a polygonal enclosure consisting of turf and stone banks spread to 1.5m wide and up to 0.75m high. The south-western part of the enclosure flanks a burn which drains north into Loch Buidhe. In this section of the enclosure wall are two small recesses, each approximately 2.4m E-W by 1.2m N-S which face onto the burn. In the south-west corner of the enclosure, 10m west of the westernmost recess, there is a short break in the wall alignment approximately 5m wide. The remains of a second building are located approximately 6m SE of the upstanding building. This building is of two compartments and measures 12.5m NW-SE by 4.5m SW-NE. The main compartment has an entrance in its SW wall and measures approximately 9m by 4.5m. There is a possible internal partition wall 1.5m from the NW end. The second compartment, at the NW end, measures 2m wide. Attached to the rear (NW side) of the structure is a low turf and stone wall which appears to define an attached garden plot. No trace was found of the corn-drying kiln. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6744 9807 (149m by 160m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH69NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DORNOCH

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