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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 649409
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/649409
NC62NW 1 621 284.
An area of minor depopulation consisting of the footings of four buildings and two stone walled enclosures in an area of cleared land enclosed by a delapidated earth and stone bank. The central building, presumably the dwelling house, measures 34m by 5m, and two buildings NW of the enclosure measure about 12m by 5m, all the walls being 0.4 to 0.5m high. A kiln, an enclosure and several stone clearance heaps, as well as large scatters of stones which may be the sites of buildings were also noted.
Visited by OS 15th May 1961.
Settlement in Farr Parish were cleared in 1807-14.
A MacKenzie 1946
What may be a township comprising four unroofed buildings, an enclosure and an area of cultivation is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet lxiv). Six unroofed buildings and part of another and a circular enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963)
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 11 October 1995
