Monument record MHG10352 - Township remains, Apigill

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 7100 5740 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC75NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

Map

Type and Period (6)

Full Description

Field survey notes (undated) in SMR File of extensive number of fearures that would seem to indicate that this is an extensive multi phase settlement - HAW 11/2003

NC75NW 89 710 574.
Apigill: the ruins of a croft (Name Book compiled 1873).
Name Book (Sutherland).

The turf-covered footings of two long-houses the larger being 53m by 4m with the walls averaging 0.3m high. Associated enclosures in a similar condition occur nearby along with a corn-drying kiln. There are faint traces of contemporary run-rig.
Visited by OS (JB) 30 November 1978.

A farmstead, comprising one unroofed building and an enclosure, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xviii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 17 August 1995.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Apigill. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Apigill. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Apigill. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Apigill. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Vol. no. 20, p. 132.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (5)

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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