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MHG66062 - Building - Achininver

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A dry-stone building.

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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.

A dry-stone building. This building consists of two rooms, each of the rooms containing several doorways: one on the north side of the west room and another on the south side of the east room; and a further doorway appears to have been situated in the west room on the south side but is now blocked up. The building appears to have been constructed using stone, timber and turf. Part of the walling still exists to a height of c 1.5 m, probably the original height of the building. The central wall between the two rooms still retains its gable superstructure of cut turfs to a height of c 0.5 in (ten courses extant at one point). The north wall of the building forms part of an enclosure-wall which is marked on the 1:10,560 map. The interior of the building is covered by grass with some stone tumble and there is paving under the turf in the W room. This could be a central hearth, as no evidence for a gable-hearth exists. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2023 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5712 6494 (17m by 13m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC56SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DURNESS

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