Monument record MHG12215 - Icehouses, Culkein

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 0381 3308 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC03SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish ASSYNT
Old County SUTHERLAND

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NC03SW 7 0380 3312
(Location cited as NC 038 332). Ice-houses, Culkein, early 19th century. A pair of rubble ice-houses, one of them circular and the other square on plan.
J R Hume 1977.

In 1998 the Highland Archaeology Service received information via the Ranger Service that erosion was beginning to undermine the road and the ice house. HS were informed although it is unclear what action, if any, was taken <1>.

NW SUT Local Plan, May 1987: P23/2.36.
J Aitken : 11/06/01.

GR corrected to above.
On 1st ed only 1 building depicted (ie E of 2) - HAW 8/2003

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 310.
  • <1> Verbal Communication: Puls, A. Comment by Andrew Puls, HC Archaeologist. Transcribed from scribbled note.

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Record last edited

Jun 26 2008 12:21PM

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