Monument record MHG11980 - Ironworking, Durcha

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Grid reference Centred NC 5000 0240 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC50SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CREICH

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Limited amount of slag reported from Broch excavations - HAW 7/2003

NC50SW 4 500 024.
On lands of Durcha (NC500024) iron-slag was found by author. It seemed to be stray pieces from a higher level. About 1.5 miles to NE of Durcha, is an eminence called Sron nan Iarrunachdan (NC 522031) - the Headland of the Iron-Workings but no slag, waste or furnace-waste has been observed on or near it.
D W Kemp 1887.

No further info. Visited by OS (N K B) 3 September 1976.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Kemp, D W. 1887. Notes on early iron-smelting in Sutherland. 13.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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