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Torridon, Fasag

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Township (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Torridon, Fasag

Classification Township (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 104994

Site Number NG85NE 12

NGR NG 89859 56220

NGR Description centred on NG 896 565

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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General oblique aerial view of the bay at the head of Loch Torridon, taken from the SW.
General oblique aerial view of the bay at the head of Loch Torridon, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view of the bay at the head of Loch Torridon, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view of the bay at the head of Loch Torridon, taken from the SW.General oblique aerial view of the wild fire looking along the Torridon ridge, taken from the W.General oblique aerial view of Upper Loch Torridon with Liathach beyond, looking ENE.General oblique aerial view of Loch Shieldaig and Upper Loch Torridon, looking E.General oblique aerial view of wild fires on the Torridon Hills, looking over Fasag and along Liathach with Beinn Eighe beyond, taken from the WSW.General oblique aerial view of Liathach with Torridon village in the foreground, looking NNE.Oblique aerial view of the wild fire on the Torridon Hills, on the S flank of Sgorr a'Chadail at the W end of Liathach near Fasag.General oblique aerial view of wild fires on the Torridon Hills, looking over Fasag and along Liathach with Beinn Eighe beyond, taken from the SSW.General oblique aerial view of the bay at the head of Loch Torridon with the remains of the fish trap in the foreground, taken from the S.Oblique aerial view of the wild fire on the Torridon Hills, on the S flank of Sgorr a'Chadail at the W end of Liathach near Fasag, taken from the SSW. Oblique aerial view of the mouth of the River Torridon, looking ENE.General oblique aerial view of the mouth of the River Torridon with Liathach beyond, looking NE.General oblique aerial view of Loch Shieldaig and Upper Loch Torridon, looking E.General oblique aerial view of Upper Loch Torridon, looking E.General oblique aerial view of wild fires on the Torridon Hills, looking over Fasag and along Liathach, taken from the SSW.Oblique aerial view of the wild fire on the Torridon Hills, on the S flank of Sgorr a'Chadail at the W end of Liathach near Fasag.General oblique aerial view of the mouth of the River Torridon with Liathach beyond, looking NE.General oblique aerial view of Loch Shieldaig and Upper Loch Torridon, looking E.Oblique aerial view of the mouth of the River Torridon, looking NE.General oblique aerial view of the mouth of the River Torridon with Liathach beyond, looking NE.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Applecross
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NG85NE 12 centred on 896 565

A township comprising nineteen roofed buildings, which include a smithy, an inn, a school and a post office, and one unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet lxxxi). Fifteen roofed and five unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 May 1996

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Torridon: Archaeological Survey

The settlement of Fasag (or Torridon) is today strung out along the north side of the road from the Youth Hostel (built in the mid-1970s after the demolition of a one-and-a-half storey harled house), to Springfield, to the recently built village hall and the council houses.

At the turn of the 19th/20th century Fasag only stretched as far east as the school (which had been built before 1902) and is NG85NE13. The 1st edition OS map shows the settlement being concentrated about the present-day shop. Immediately east of today's shop was the old school, with the post office opposite it - the only building on the south side of the road. A row of houses are shown east of the old school, west of the Allt Slugach. Other houses are shown west of the old school and east of the pier. Amongst them was the Torridon Inn and the smithy.

TOR96 224

Information from NTS (SCS) January 2014

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