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MHG66130 - Quarry - Achuvoldrach

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The farmer at Achuvoldrach house stated that this was a flagstone quarry.

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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.

On gently sloping, boggy terrain there is an industrial landscape linked to the old pier and road in this area. On a flat terrace there are the very overgrown, fugitive remains of a level concrete floor showing through in small patches. To the west of this, across a c 20 m stretch are the remains of seven concrete pillars surviving to only 0.7 m high. The most southerly two of these have a 2 m drop in the area between them. This may have been the under-house to some form of mill, as a stream runs past the south edge of this area. There is a 1-2 m drop from the terrace with the structural remains to the level of the stream, and the bank between the two has been revetted in stretches. At least some of this ground-surface appears to have been quarried away. At the north of this site there is an old roadway which runs from the area at the west of the pillars, down past the site to the old pier at the NE. The farmer at Achuvoldrach house, Gordy Mackay, stated that this was a flagstone quarry. The produce was shipped out at the old pier. He also stated that the flags on the roof of the stable attached to his house were from this quarry. The quarry-buildings and machinery were clearly systematically destroyed on abandonment. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5691 5847 (160m by 141m) Indicative centroid
Map sheet	NC55NE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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