MHG65880 - Building and enclosure - Leirinmore
Summary
An unroofed structure with an adjoining enclosure at the SW end of the township.
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A township, comprising one unroofed and twelve roofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet vi). The township has six unroofed and seventeen roofed buildings on the current OS 1:10,560 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.
The only individual structure in the Leirinmore township that is within the area of this survey is depicted on the OS 1:10 560 Map (1962) as an unroofed structure with an adjoining enclosure at the SW end of the township, across the Alltan na Fuatha from the cultivation rigs. The building is 10 m long in total and is bi-compartmental. There is an entrance in the NE corner of the compartment at the W which was the dwelling area. The gables of this part of the structure are still intact. The attached barn or store at the E has an entrance beside the gable of the house but there is no internal passageway between the two. Attached to the E compartment is a 17 m E-W by 15 m enclosure that has an entrance immediately adjacent to the building. Approximately 50 m to the E of the enclosure is a 5 m by 3 m clearance cairn. This building complex is naturally deteriorating and the walls of the house are beginning to slant. Otherwise, throughout the township area, the dykes of the cultivation-rigs are collapsing at their seawards end. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 2023 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG21099 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Brady, K. & Morris, C.D.. 1997. North Sutherland Survey: Coastal Zone Assessment Kyle of Durness to Torrisdale Bay. Glasgow University (GUARD). 30/01/1998. . P. 81 Site 35.
- <2> SHG29455 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2023. Getmapping aerial photography 2023. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 4235 6665 (29m by 26m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC46NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://trove.scot/place/86194 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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