Monument record MHG19357 - Loth Burn

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 9309 1260 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC91SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LOTH

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NC91SW 4 931 126

A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings and an area of cultivation is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet lxxxix). Four unroofed buildings and part of a ring-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 October 1995

On visiting the site on the 04/08/2011, the following description of the site was provided by Ken and Jean Bowker:

"It is impossible to relate the earlier description without using survey equipment. The site consists of one ruinous built wall and a wide scattering of loose rocks. It is not possible to discern any pattern, or more than two structures - any outlines can not be easily traced. Turf banks interconnect occasional exposed stones, presumably the remains of walls. A well-used animal path from the east runs westwards straight past the southern edge of the site, in so purposeful a manner that it may be an old access track. At the eastern edge of the site is a clapper bridge over a small north-south burn which runs into the Loth Burn. WNW of the site is a turf-walled enclosure, now very boggy, about 50m square." <1>

Four photographs of the site were submitted by Ken and Jean Bowker along with the above description of the site. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Image/Photograph(s): Bowker, K & J. 2011. Photographs and description of Loth Burn Farmstead. Colour. Yes. Digital.

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Record last edited

Feb 7 2014 10:56AM

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