Monument record MHG7662 - Township, Reidhleacach

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 8150 3690 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG83NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish LOCHBROOM

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Full Description

NG83NW 3 centred on 815 369
The considerable remains of a crofting township, comprising houses and ancillary buildings and structures within a complex of field walls. Several of houses have one wall formed by living rock as they are built into steep rocky outcrops which drop steeply to the sea. The settlement is divided into four by forestry roads.
Visited by R Gourlay 6 May 1988

A township comprising fourteen unroofed buildings is depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1880, sheet cx). Ten unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 6 May 1996.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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