Monument record MHG10379 - Rubh an Daimh

NC46NW 13 449 652.

NC 448 653: Three longhouses, 14m by 19m long by 5m across, with associated enclosures, etc, lie on the N side of the road. Also, at NC 450 652 are two longhouses, one with an enclosure, two ovals 9m by 4m and 7m by 4m, and two rectangles 9m by 5m and 8m by 5m.
T C Welsh 1972ab.

Corrected to NC 449 652. Deserted crofting township abandoned in 18th-19th century, on W side of Rispond Bay. Landward extent delimited by a head dyke in part renovated and incorporated in the line of a later wall. There are remains of five longhouses, dimensions between 11m to 18m long by 4.5m, with accompanying enclosures and field walls.
Visited by OS (JM) 11 April 1980.

Footings of longhouse, 26m by 4m, on the N side of the road.
Visited by OS (JM) 11 April 1980

A township comprising seven roofed buildings and one unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet vi), but not one of the buildings noted by the OS and by Welsh (1972) are shown. One of the roofed buildings is part of Rispond fishing station (see NC46NE 1). Five roofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1961).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 14 August 1995.