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MHG17893 - Township - Sangobeg

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A township, comprising five unroofed, twenty-four roofed buildings.

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A township, comprising five unroofed, twenty-four roofed buildings, one partially roofed building and seventeen enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet vi). The township has sixteen unroofed and nine roofed buildings on the current edition OS map (1961).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 9 August 1995.

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 part of Sangobeg township, on the north side of the modern road, extends up to 400 m E-W and 300 m N-S with most of the houses at the east end. Described in the NIvIRS from the cartographic sources of the 1st edition OS 6-inch map(Sutherland 1878, sheet vi) and the current edition OS 1:10 560 map (1961), the township is as represented on this latter map. There are at least five dry-stone buildings, all unroofed, set within a system of dry-stone enclosures. There are several stone clearance-cairns in the vicinity. A series of rigs radiating around the bay lie to the west of the buildings. The dykes for the rigs at the furthest north edge of the township are now beginning to erode into the sea. The buildings themselves are generally in good condition. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2020 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 4280 6613 (655m by 590m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC46NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DURNESS

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