Monument record MHG12334 - Deserted Settlement, Mudale

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 5352 3613 (414m by 245m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC53NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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Full Description

This settlement is marked on modern OS to the NE of the surviving Mudale Farm, it shows the hut circles/field systems as lying to the W of this area and to the S, needs checking. NB ref to chapel on diff GR - NC53NW0003 - HAW 11/2003

NC53NW 7 535 361.
NC 534 360. The footings of about ten rectangular buildings with associated enclosures and field banks. The foundations vary from 5.m by 3.m to 20.m by 3.m.
Visited by OS (JLD) 5 May 1961

(NC 535 361) Approx ten buildings and several enclosures and field walls shown.
OS 6" map (1963)

A minor, deserted township, as described, which overlies a settlement of hut circles and a field system (see NC53NW 2). No name is known locally, but this is probably the predecessor of the present 'Mudale'. Visited by OS (NKB) 17 July 1980

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Record last edited

Sep 22 2016 2:14PM

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