Loch Meig, Drumonreoch
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Sheep Dip (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch Meig, Drumonreoch
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Sheep Dip (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dromanriach
Canmore ID 103110
Site Number NH35NE 9
NGR NH 3550 5580
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/103110
- Council Highland
- Parish Contin
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH35NE 9 3550 5580
A farmstead comprising four roofed buildings, one unroofed L-shaped building of two compartments with an enclosure in the return and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet lxxxvi). Part of the site was submerged when Loch Meig was created by a Hydro-electric scheme, but two unroofed buildings, one of which has two compartments, and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 5 March 1996.
Srp Note (11 January 2011)
The visible remains of the farmstead of Drumanreoch are located on the N shore of Loch Meig some 2km W of the dam. They now comprise a single rectangular building (NOSAS site survey number 706) a large enclosure (707) and a sheepfold (708). Much of the enclosure and at least two further buildings depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet lxxxvi) are now submerged in the Loch Meig reservoir.
Further details of these and other associated sites can be found in the Strathconon Phase 3 Report (page 36) produced by the North of Scotland Archaeology Society and appended to this record.
