Monument record MHG13407 - Airigh an Leathaid

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 8419 6230 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC86SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Airigh an Leathaid. OS 6"map (1962)

An old shieling. Name Book 1873

Two main building footings, 10 by 4m and 24 by 4m, attached corn-drying kiln, and a ruinous enclosure wall, narrow rig cultivation is present. Round about are one or two lesser structural footings of a bothy-shieling type.
Visited by OS (JM) 23 June 1977.

This farmstead comprises three unroofed buildings and an attached enclosure as depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet x). The site is similarly depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 August 1995.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 32, 196.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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