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MHG65937 - Noust - Laid

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This is a recent cut in the turf at the edge of the Loch and is clearly designed as a boat-noust.

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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 township lies on the sloping peat bogs of the west side of Loch Eriboll and is as depicted on the OS 1:10 560 map sheet (1962). Created in 1832-5 to re-settle sub-tenants from Eriboll and to relieve settlements congested after evictions elsewhere, the township consists of a long defile of single and one-and-a-half story cottages. Each cottage has a patch of land enclosed with massive dry-stone dykes. Many of the cottages are now ruinous or have been replaced by holiday cottages, although some of the original structures have been renovated and are still tenanted by crofters. Most of the structural elements are upslope at the west side of the township, adjacent to the main road, and thus outside the area of this survey. The features listed below are those recognised by this survey and which are clearly part of the township but do not appear on the cartographic record. A comprehensive survey of the township is required.

Measuring 7 m E-W by 3 m, this is a recent cut in the turf at the edge of the Loch and is clearly designed as a boat-noust. There is a vertical iron girder driven in to the peat-bog at the west of this noust which is presumably for securing a boat when landed. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (TB 29/5/26)

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Grid reference	Centred NC 4209 5974 (6m by 6m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC45NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DURNESS

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