Archaeology Notes

Event ID 652687

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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ND03SE 19 0985 3375

A charter of 1619 records 'Achinnacloy', while Roy's map of 1747-55 shows 3 buildings, named 'Achnechlich' {now Achnaclyth}. At ND 0985 3375 are the foundations of a longhouse and two small buildings.

W Roy 1747-55; Information from Historic Scotland to RCAHMS, July 1992.

A farmstead, comprising two unroofed buildings is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962). One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxxviii)

Information from RCAHMS (AKK), 8 January 1996.