Monument record MHG8409 - Innisachomair

NH57NE 22 563 795

This settlement is situated in rough ground on the E bank of the Abhainn Glac an t-Seilich between the river and plantation. It comprises five scattered buildings, two small enclosures, a larger enclosure and various banks. The buildings are severely robbed and their definition is further confused by the rank vegetation. The enclosures are constructed of rough boulders and incorporate outcrops as part of the perimeter. One of the buildings is depicted as roofed on the 1st ed OS 6" map (Ross-shire (1881), sheet 39). The best preserved of the buildings lies immediately below the track on the N bank of the Allt Tarsuinn. It has two compartments and walls reduced to grass-grown banks up to 1.7m thick by 0.5m high, and there are outshots 4m and 5.2m in length on the E and W respectively. The three-compartment building to the west, which is severely robbed, is one of those roofed in 1880.
The rest of the buildings are heather-covered. The small building on the E of the track stands up to 0.9m high but is cut through by an old trackway. The two-compartment building to the N may have been partly destroyed by the construction of the track. The fifth building, at the N end of the settlement has a rounded W end and stands up to 0.4m in height. Four banks which run between the track and the river appear to define the area of settlement at various stages. The banks are of earth and stone standing up to 1m high but they were completely covered by vegetation on the date of visit. Boulder footings and a terrace define the large enclosure in the bend of the Abhainn Glac an t-Seilich. A small five-sided enclosure with boulder walls up to 0.75m high stands on a rise to the N. Another small rectangular enclosure is tucked into a river terrace on the N bank of the Allt Tarsuinn.
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 30 November 1989.

A farmstead, comprising one roofed building and two enclosures, one of which is a garden plot is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xxxix). Three unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1986).
Informaton from RCAHMS (AKK) 21 February 1996.