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MHG66065 - Building - Strathan

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This building is tri-compartmental.

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A township, which comprises seventeen roofed and two unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet vii). Eleven roofed and five unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 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 township of Strathan is described in the NMRS from cartographic sources. Within the area of this survey, there were three features recorded:

(b) A building measuring 30 m NE-SW by 6 m. This building is tri-compartmental. The gables stand to their original height and the SW half of the building is still roofed. The middle compartment is unroofed and the third compartment is a 5 m extension abutting the NE end. The roofed end of the structure has been used as a shelter for stock. Immediately to the NW of this building is a revetted terrace, 20 in long and on the same orientation. The SE edge of the terrace is revetted against the higher ground in front of the building just described. There are also remnants of walling at the SW and NE corners. This may represent the remnants of a building-foundation replaced and stone-robbed by the more upstanding remains. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2009 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5758 6491 (28m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC56SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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