Building record MHG32786 - Birch Cottage, Inverdruie

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Grid reference Centred NH 9038 1089 (12m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH91SW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish ALVIE
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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A 'Sleeper' built house. Site photographed by A Wakeling. The Highland Archaeology Challenge. 10/2003.
J Aitken : 27/01/04

Cottage constructed of railway sleepers. Sleeper buildings must date after the introduction of the railway in the area (1863). A number survive in the Badenoch and Strathspey area.
Kerr, David 1986. Railway Sleeper Buildings. <1>

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  • <1> Collection/Project Archive: Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). 2012. Digital site gazetteer and archive for ARCH Community Timeline Project: Boat of Garten. Yes. Digital. Site 89.

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Mar 2 2012 4:53PM

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