MHG10352 - Township remains, Apigill
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (6)
- TOWNSHIP (Undated)
- FARMSTEAD (Undated)
- CORN DRYING KILN (Undated)
- ENCLOSURE (Undated)
- RIG AND FURROW (Undated)
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Field survey notes (undated) in SMR File of extensive number of fearures that would seem to indicate that this is an extensive multi phase settlement - HAW 11/2003
NC75NW 89 710 574.
Apigill: the ruins of a croft (Name Book compiled 1873).
Name Book (Sutherland).
The turf-covered footings of two long-houses the larger being 53m by 4m with the walls averaging 0.3m high. Associated enclosures in a similar condition occur nearby along with a corn-drying kiln. There are faint traces of contemporary run-rig.
Visited by OS (JB) 30 November 1978.
A farmstead, comprising one unroofed building and an enclosure, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xviii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 17 August 1995.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG18003 Image/Photograph(s): Apigill. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG18004 Image/Photograph(s): Apigill. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG18005 Image/Photograph(s): Apigill. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG18006 Image/Photograph(s): Apigill. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG3351 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Vol. no. 20, p. 132.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7100 5740 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC75NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (5)
- Parent of: DELETED - merged with MHG10352 (Monument) (MHG45292)
- Parent of: DELETED - merged with MHG10352 (Monument) (MHG45293)
- Parent of: DELETED - merged with MHG10352 (Monument) (MHG45294)
- Parent of: DELETED - merged with MHG10352 (Monument) (MHG45295)
- Parent of: DELETED - merged with MHG10352 (Monument) (MHG45296)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/73997 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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