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MHG9464 - Buildings - Fouhlin

Summary

There are three structures at this site, including two possible longhouses.

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A minor deserted settlement comprising the footings of three buildings including a longhouse, 17.5m by 4m.
Visited by OS (NKB) 27 November 1978.

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 deserted settlement is broadly as described in the NMRS after a site visit by OS (NKB) in 1978. There are three structures at this site, including two possible longhouses. The south example measures 17.5 m by 3 m internally (as described in the NMRS) and the north example, located to the NW of the first structure, measures 18 m by 4 m externally. The third structure abutts the latter at the east and measures 4 m by 2.5 m externally. There is a 6 m stretch of walling running north from the NE corner of the first building described, presumably enclosing a yard. There are a number of rigs/ `lazy beds' to the south of this building complex which are probably associated. A possible head-dyke is also visible in this area, although it seems to run over the top of the cultivation remains (pers comm A Morrison). <1>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NC 4027 5411 (97m by 52m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC45SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DURNESS

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