Monument record MHG42491 - Caolishie Township

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 5470 1360 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC51SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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Full Description

The remains of Caolishie township are located along the face and crest of a SW-facing slope about 1km SW of Shinness Lodge. There are the remains of at least ten buildings; a number of enclosures; two kilns, one of which is very well defined, within and attached to banks which define the township and its field-system. To SE of the field-system, which is orientated along the contours, are a number of small cairns, measuring up to 5m in diameter and 1m high.
To SW of the track only fragmentary remains indicate the location of the previously extensive remains of the township of Achnapearain depicted on the OS 6" 1st edition map (Sutherland, Sheet 94: 1873 Survey).
Re-Surveyed at 1:10,000 Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 19 10 1989

A township comprising five unroofed buildings, one of which has two compartments, and an enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet lxxxv). Five unroofed buildings, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1989).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 3 October 1995

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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