Monument record MHG9461 - Braesgill township
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 4749 5700 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC45NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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Full Description
NC45NE 24 Centred on 475 570
Group of buildings named Bracaiskill. W Roy 1747-55.
Braesgill. OS 6-inch map, 1961.
A minor deserted settlement with head dyke, extending across a main road. It is mainly denoted by rig-and-furrow cultivation and heaps of cleared stones.
There are amorphous ruins of a single, probably contemporary enclosure (see NC45NE 5).
Buildings which existed are presumed to be robbed to build a later walled enclosure and sheepfold.
Visited by OS (NKB) 5 October 1978.
This possible township comprising 1 enclosure and a sheepfold are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxiv). The township containing an enclosure and 1 unroofed building outside the head dyke on the current edition OS 1:10,000 map (1989).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 14 August 1995.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2745 Text/Publication/Volume: Roy, W. 1747-55. Military Survey of Scotland. Sheet 35/2.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 13 2016 12:00AM
