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MHG17967 - Building north of Ruighe Shligeach

Summary

An unroofed building depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map c.1878, possibly still extant and in use as a sheep fold.

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NC25SE 12 251 523

What may be an unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxii). The site is unchanged on the currrent edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 10 August 1995

A walkover survey in October 2008 did not identify any remains in the above location. Study of aerial photographs showed vague remains of a rectangular structure on photos from 1946, but by 1960 the site had all but gone. <1>

It appears that the RCAHMS description is in fact referring to an unroofed building to the north east of the above 6 figure grid reference. There is now a sheep pen/sheep wash at this location which may incorporate the building. This is clearly depicted on the 1962 map but there is no sign of the unroofed building as described by the Ordnance Survey. <2>

The report for a watching brief carried out in April 2009 suggests that the site of this unroofed building has been located as a slight hollowed depression within the hillside. Inspection of the site did not reveal any indications of a structure though there was a notable concentration of stones and small boulders scattered within the immediate area. <3> Without a more detailed grid reference it is not possible to double check this against the mapped data, but the more likely location for this unroofed building is within/under the sheep wash, as above. <4>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 25183 52342 (15m by 25m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC25SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	EDDRACHILLIS

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