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MHG20080 - Farmstead - Allt Bog Na H-Aimhne

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Ruined farmstead at Allt Bog Na H-Aimhne.

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A survey was undertaken in advance of a proposed afforestation scheme in Strath Sgitheach in 1989 by Glasgow University.

Area 4.1; The settlement is centred at NH 535 641 and survives as low stone wall spreads (1.0 - 2.0m wide), which are completely grassed over. The settlement is focused on a long house (33.0m by 5.0m> oriented NE-SW with two internal partitions. At its southwest end is a second smaller house or byre (14.0 by 5.0m), which was oriented NW-SE. Nearby, to the southwest, is a probable grain drying kiln and to the northeast a substantial stone enclosure which measures 24.0 by 14.0m and is oriented NW-SE. A number of less prominent field walls extend from the settlement away from the river. <1>

A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which has three compartments and forms three sides of a courtyard, and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire and Cromartyshire 1881, sheet lxxvi), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).
Information from RCAMHS (SAH) 1 March 1996

Site position adjusted based on 1st Edition OS 6" <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5443 6420 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH56SW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	KILTEARN

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