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MHG9468 - Long house - Lochan Clachaidh

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This building is bi-compartmental, with a doorway between the two rooms and measures 12.2 m E-W by 4.5 m inside walls 0.5-0.65 m.

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NC 439 619. Longhouse, 11.5m by 4.5m.
T C Welsh 1972ad.

Corrected to NC 4382 6176. Also lazy-bed cultivation; 18th-19th century date.
Visited by OS (JM) 17 April 1980.

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.

Situated on a gentle heather slope above the rocky shore is a longhouse described in the NMRS after visits by T C Welsh (1972) and OS (JM) 1980. This building is bi-compartmental, with a doorway between the two rooms and measures 12.2 m E-W by 4.5 m inside walls 0.5-0.65 m. There is an entrance in the east half of the south wall and internal features include an alcove in the north interior wall of the east compartment. This room also has an alcove with stone shelves in the interior dividing wall. The walls survive up to 1 m in height. Approximately 30 m to the north of this building are possible cultivation strips within an area of peat. This covers an area of some 30 m by 4 m. These strips reach right to the water's edge at the east and will be affected by erosion. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 4384 6181 (14m by 11m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC46SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DURNESS

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