Monument record MHG11317 - Farmstead, Preas Nan Aighean

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 1129 2770 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC12NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish ASSYNT
Old County SUTHERLAND

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NC12NW 16 113 277.

Group of three building footings, 15m x 5m, 14m by 4m, and 10m by 4m, and nearby an enclosure; abandoned in the 19th century. 'Lazy-bed' cultivation is evident, and outside bounding bank to the E are further 'lazy-beds' and the stone footings of two bothy structures.
Visited by OS (JM) 15 July 1980.

A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings, and a length of head-dyke, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet lix). Two unroofed buildings, one of which has two compartments, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1967).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 September 1995

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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