Monument record MHG11492 - Cracknie
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 6660 5087 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC65SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
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Cracknie (NAT)
OS 6-inch map, 1962.
A minor settlement known locally as MacLeod's Shieling. There is a footing 28m by 4m at NC 6659 5082 and near it a corn-drying kiln at NC 6660 5087; both are outside, and S of an associated bank enclosing rough ground and tenuous rig and furrow occupied by two small indistinct enclosures and one or two vague, bothy-like footings.
Visited by OS (JM) 15 July 1978.
A farmstead comprising one long building near an area of cultivation is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxvi). A two compartment building with one end missing is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 August 1995
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Record last edited
Sep 8 2016 10:57AM
