Monument record MHG9659 - Forsinard

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 8948 4349 (443m by 346m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC84SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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Full Description

NC84SE 9 centred on NC 895 436.

A massive complex which may well comprise a number of individual farms not necessarily contemporary.
R J Mercer 1980.

This township comprising two roofed and fourteen unroofed buildings, seven enclosures and a head dyke, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxxviii). Two roofed and fifteen unroofed buildings, eight enclosures and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 August 1995

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R. J. & Howell, J.M.. 1980. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland, 1976-1979. University of Edinburgh. 30/01/1980. Paper and Digital. 135-7, FOD 60-85; plans.

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Record last edited

Sep 22 2016 10:39AM

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