Monument record MHG12125 - Torgawn
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NC 2089 3260 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NC23SW |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | ASSYNT |
Old County | SUTHERLAND |
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Full Description
NC23SW 9 209 326.
'On NE bank of burn at seaward edge of wood, 70m from road B 869, three-roomed dwelling 18 x 4.7m.'
T C Welsh 1970. <1>
A long stone house, aligned E/W remains with an enclosure surrounding it. The site is located in woodland on the NE bank of the River Allt A Ghamhna, close to mouth of Loch A Chairn Bhain. The remnants of the drystone constucted dwelling house comprise three rooms. The two smaller rooms at the E end of the house are c. 5m and 4m long by 4.5m wide, the walls are 0.6m wide. The largest room at the W end is c. 9.5m long by 5.5m wide, with walls 0.8m wide; the wall of this larger roon rotrudes toward the river. The maximum remaining height of house walls is to 1.2m.
At east end of the house a triangular enclosure with drystone walls, a maximum of 1m high and 15m in length was observed. A further section of walling was noted to the NW of the house c.2m long x 1.3m high. There was no indication that this wall connected to any of the others. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG1747 Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1970. 'Torgawn, Kylesku, dwelling', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1970, p.48. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 48. 48.
- <2> SHG24882 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Cavers, G & Hudson, G. 05/2010. Assynt's Hidden Lives: An archaeological survey of the the parish. AOC Archaeology Group and Historic Assynt. 01/08/2010. Digital. 170, p.148.
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Record last edited
Sep 7 2010 10:31AM