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MHG11486 - Long house - Lochan Clachaidh

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This longhouse measures 20 m by 4 m externally with walls 0.6 m-0.8 m thick.

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NC 440 621. Longhouse, 20m by 5m with one rounded end. On the storm beach is a building, 6m by 5m.
T C Welsh 1972ad. <1>

NC 4406 6219. Also lazy-bed cultivation; 18th-19th century date. Building ruin on the storm beach is probably later and for fishing purposes.
Visited by OS (JM) 17 April 1980.

A rapid coastal zone assessment survey was conducted by GUARD in the Autumn of 1997 commissioned by Historic Scotland from the Viking and Early Settlement Archaeological Research Project based at the University of Glasgow.

This longhouse measures 20 m by 4 m externally with walls 0.6 m-0.8 m thick. This structure has four compartments with the fragmentary remains of a possible extension at the south end. One of the interior dividing walls survives to 2 m. This structure is badly tumbled, especially at the S end, and overgrown. There is the faint suggestion of a further, possible structure abutting the east side of this longhouse. No sign of associated cultivation was noted (contra OS). The "building ruin on the storm beach" is a duplication of site no 10. (see MHG17933) <2>

NGR adjusted based on 2023 vertical aerial photographs. <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 4405 6219 (21m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC46SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DURNESS

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