Monument record MHG4482 - Druim an Aird

A relatively well-preserved deserted settlement with good access. Felling has taken place fairly sensitively and the structures can be seen. The local community at Laggan are interested in interpreting the site - Laggan Community Forestry Trust has the management from Forest Enterprise.
A M Fox, Highland Council, 11/07/01.

NN58NE 1 573 895.

Centred at NN 573895 in an afforested are on the sheltered SE edge of a ridge called Druim an Aird at 1150 ft OD, there are the remains of a depopulated settlement, comprising eleven buildings, three small enclosures, a corn drying kiln and an old field wall.
The buildings vary in size from 20.0m x 4.0m to 6.0m x 3.0m and are generally visible as drystone walls about 0.5m high. The field wall has enclosed a large area of once cultivated ground in which several clearance heaps are visible.
The date of depopulation could not be ascertained.
Visited by OS (R D) 14 October 1965; Visible on RAF air photograph CPE/Scot/UK 1777: 3213

A township, comprising nine unroofed buildings, three enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1872, sheet cxv). Ten unroofed buildings, three enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 26 September 1996.