MHG45306 - Alligin Shuas
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- HEAD DYKE (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NG85NW 4 centred on 831 578
8332 5783: Small corn-drying kiln deserted settlement. (No details given.) M MacDonald 1992.
A township comprising sixty-four roofed, three partially roofed and eighteen unroofed buildings, eighteen enclosures, some field walls and parts of a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet lxxxi). One of the unroofed buildings is situated in an area marked as an Infants Burying Gound which was "formerly used as a burying place for infants under one year." (Name Book). Twenty-seven roofed, thirty-three unroofed buildings, several enclosures, some field walls and parts of a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Name Book 1881
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 April 1996
NG 834 582 The site name (Torran nam Tiodhlacaidh) means 'the little mound of the burial', and is one of a group of mounds around Loch Torridon which are associated locally with the burial of unbaptised infants. Such a mound was the subject of a rescue excavation in the 1970s at Shieldaig, and was dated to the Bronze Age.
M Macdonald 1995.
NG 8318 5768 Cruck slots still survive within this ruinous building.
J Wordsworth 1995.
Sources/Archives (9)
- --- SHG129 Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth, J. 1995. 'Alligin Shuas (Applecross parish), post-medieval house', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1995, p.43. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 43. 43.
- --- SHG1756 Text/Publication/Article: Macdonald, M. 1995. 'Torran nan Tiodhlacaidh, Alligin (Applecross parish), burial mound', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1995, p.42. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 42. 42.
- --- SHG1757 Text/Publication/Article: MacDonald, M. 1992. ''Torridon shieling survey (Applecross, Gairloch and Lochcarron parishes)'', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1992, p.44-5. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 44-5. 44-5.
- --- SHG24431 Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council Archaeology Unit. HCAU Slide Collection Sheet 18. Colour slide. . Digital (scanned). 357, 362, 367, 372.
- --- SHG3373 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 41, 8.
- --- SHG3820 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3821 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3822 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG9135 Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council. Alligin Shuas, cellular structure. Colour Slide; Digital Image. . Colour photograph.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 8310 5780 (30m by 30m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG85NW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | APPLECROSS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/80949 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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