Monument record MHG40856 - Lazy Beds, Droighneach

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 1169 2660 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC12NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish ASSYNT
Old County SUTHERLAND

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NC12NW 9 117 266.

Droighneach. Three building footings 16m by 4.5m, 10m by 4m and 5m by 4m, and an enclosure in bracken-clad pasture marked by occasional heaps of 'lazy-bed' cultivation evident outside bounding wall on W side. Visited by OS (JM) 16 July 1980.

A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, an unroofed structure and an enclosure, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet lix). Two unroofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1967).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 September 1995

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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