Monument record MHG10376 - Halmadarie

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Grid reference Centred NC 6973 3130 (422m by 650m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC63SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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NC63SE 20 697 313.

Halmadie: A thatched house {at NC 6960 3136} on the E side of Halmadie Burn. It is one storey high and in very poor repair. (Name Book compiled c.1873.)
Name Book (Sutherland).

Cleared 1814-19.
J Prebble 1963.

An abandoned minor township remaining in about ten building footings, ranging in size from 6m by 3m to 28m by 4m, and in several ruinous enclosures. Narrow-rig cultivation is present.
Visited by OS (EGC) 13 May 1961.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Prebble, J. 1963. The Highland clearances. 85-93.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Vol. 22, p. 18.

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2016 2:58PM

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