Archaeology Notes

Event ID 768199

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NG80NE 9 centred on 8750 0682

A farmstead, comprising three unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet lxxviii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 1 August 1996.

Sites identified during an archaeological survey by NOSAS in 2006.

NG 87490 06825 The turf covered footings of a building, measuring c11m x 3m overall.

NG 87555 06845 The two partially upstanding gable ends of a building, measuring c18m x 3m internally, with one gable standing to 1.7m in height.

NG 87571 06838 Two partially upstanding gable ends of a stone built dwelling house, measuring c11m x 3m internally and sitting on a level platform.

NG 87585 06845 A boat naust cut out of the rock, with the rock gained possibly used to build the nearby houses.

NOSAS, 2007.