Monument record MHG4866 - Ardtrec township

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 3355 3622 (228m by 264m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG33NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish BRACADALE

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Full Description

NG33NW 11 335 363.

(NG 335 363) At Ardtreck Point, in a sheltered place below steep rocky slopes, is the depopulated township of Ardtrec (Information from D Steel, Postmaster, Carbost). (Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/175: 1021-2)
There are about 11 ruined houses with associated yards and enclosures. There are lazy-beds.
Visited by OS (A S P) 2 June 1961.

A township, comprising five unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxxiii). Fourteen unroofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 6 November 1996.

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Record last edited

Mar 7 2017 3:42PM

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