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Letterfearn
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Letterfearn
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11869
Site Number NG82SE 4
NGR NG 883 237
NGR Description Centred NG 883 237
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11869
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenshiel
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Letterfearn (slope of alders). A clachan notable for its traditional character, its handful of cottages set obliquely to one another near the water's edge, their thatch replaced by tin.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG82SE 4 centred 883 237
A crofting township comprising forty-six roofed, four unroofed buildings and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1880, sheet cxxiii).
Twenty-eight roofed buildings and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 7 May 1996.
