Monument record MHG7847 - Township, Achana Deabharan
Summary
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NH 1991 8780 (189m by 195m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NH18NE |
Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
Civil Parish | GAIRLOCH |
Map
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Full Description
Achanna Deabharan (NAT). OS 6"map, 2nd ed., Ross and Cromarty, (1906)
'Achanna Deabharan' is name applied to a 'small piece of pasture where formerly stood some few houses, close to E side of Lochanan Dheabharan and about a quarter mile E of Meall nan Clach Geala...'
Name Book 1875
The depopulated settlement of "Achanna Deabharan" comprises the dry-stone remains of 5 rectangular buildings extant to an average height of 0.7m, the grass covered footings of a further two buildings, and the armorphous remains of three shielings.
Visited by OS (R B) 11 September 1964
Four unroofed shieling-huts in an area of cultivation are depicted on 1st edition of OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire and Cromartyshire 1881, sheet xxii). Seven unroofed shieling-huts are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 15 February 1996
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG3367 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 35, 180.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 27 2016 11:52AM