Monument record MHG41953 - Settlement, Achiltibuie

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 0274 0880 (160m by 160m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC00NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish LOCHBROOM

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Thumbnail photo of field system
Wester Ross Project - Cathy Dagg, 02/04

NC00NW 2.00 centred on 0275 0880

2.01 NC 0279 0881 Cairn (ACHIL94 369)
2.02 NC 030 087 Burnt mounds (ACHIL94 379-81)
2.03 NC 026 092 Hut-circles (possible); Field system
(ACHIL94 350-51)
2.04 NC 0295 0874 Hut-circles; Field system; Small cairns
(ACHIL94 355, 362, 371, 373, 375, 382-4)
2.05 NC 0277 0879 Buildings; Huts; Enclosures; Rig (ACHIL94 352-4, 356-61, 363-8, 370, 372, 374, 376-7)
2.06 NC 0278 0834 Shieling-huts; Buildings
(ACHIL94 321, 387-96, 398-9, 500-5)
2.07 NC 0388 0857 Building; Huts; Boundary dyke (ACHIL94 100,
121-2, 386)

The common grazings of the Achiltibuie crofts, which comprise a strip of largely unimproved moorland on the rising ground behind the crofts, contain a palimpsest of archaeological remains ranging in date from the prehistoric period to the present century. Two principal groupings can be identified: a prehistoric horizon, which includes hut-circles, burnt mounds, and field-systems; and a post-medieval phase, consisting of buildings of various types and cultivation remains. In addition to the above remains, there are traces of land divisions, ranging from types of township boundary to sub-divisions of the grazings.
Visited by RCAHMS (JBS) 9 August 1994

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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