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MHG65939 - Building - Laid

Summary

The remains of a stone structure consisting of large boulders forming 1 m wide, double-faced wall footings.

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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 Many of the cottages are now ruinous or have been replaced by holiday cottages, although some of the original structures have been renovated and are still tenanted by crofters.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.

On a grassed area immediately by the foreshore are a the remains of a stone structure consisting of large boulders forming 1 m wide, double-faced wall footings, with small angular rubble-core infill, that survive to one course. This structure is 20 m N-S by 6 m externally and has two possible internal dividing walls at 4 m from the south end and 8 m from the north end as evidenced by concentrations of tumble. There is an area of revetment 1 m to the east of the east wall of the house that runs along the shore past both the north and south gables. This revetment created a platform for the building or revets a path in front of the building. <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 4195 5955 (22m by 21m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC45NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DURNESS

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