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MHG11143 - Township - Creagandamph

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Crofting settlement abandoned in the 18th/19th Century. Remains include half a dozen or so building footings, including a long-house, several ruinous enclosures, a corn-drying kiln, and the course of a head dyke or bank. Ruins of a later shepherd's house are at NC 7293 1745.
Visited by OS 14 May 1981.

A township comprising two roofed and three unroofed buildings, three enclosures, a field and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet lxxxvii). Thirteen unroofed buildings, three enclosures, a field and a ring-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 October 1995

Situated on a S facing moderate hillslope at altitude 168=183m OD in enclosed pasture.
Information added by A M Fox, Highland Council Archaeology Unit, 17.04.00.

GIS spatial data amended in 2024 according to location of features as seen on vertical aerial photographs taken in 2016. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 7307 1724 (504m by 572m)
Map sheet	NC71NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	CLYNE

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