Monument record MHG10196 - Dalveghouse

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 7175 5565 (189m by 432m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC75NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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NC75NW 40 717 557.

(NC 717 557) Dalveghouse (OS 6"map, Sutherland, 1st ed., 1873). The remains of a depopulated settlement, mentioned as Dalvigaibe (Macfarlane 1906-8) in 1726, which since it was under sheep in 1873 (ONB 1873) is presumably one of those abandoned during the clearance of Strathnaver between 1814 and 1819.
Name Book 1873; W Macfarlane 1906-8; J Prebble 1963.

Dalveghouse (name unverified) comprises the footings of about three longhouses, the largest 28.0m by 4.0m along with associated enclosures. Rig and furrow cultivation is visible north of the structures. Visited by OS (J B) 18 December 1978.

This township comprising four unroofed long buildings, three other unroofed buildings and three enclosures, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxvii). Six unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 August 1995

Sources/Archives (7)

  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Dalveghouse. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Dalveghouse. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Dalveghouse. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Dalveghouse. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Mitchell, Sir A and Clark, J T (eds.). 1906-8. Geographical collections relating to Scotland. Vol. 1, 188.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Prebble, J. 1963. The Highland clearances. 106-24.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 20, 188.

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Record last edited

Aug 23 2016 10:17AM

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