Stromemeanach
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Stromemeanach
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11882
Site Number NG83NE 2
NGR NG 8725 3675
NGR Description Centred NG 8725 3675
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lochcarron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG83NE 2 centred on 8725 3675
Area centred NG 8725 3675. The remains of twenty-eight buildings, with walls averaging 1.3m high. All buildings are un-roofed but one gable (NG 8720 3668) remains entire. There is a well-preserved kiln at NG 8717 3668.
Mr Duncan MacLean, grocer, Lochcarron, states that his father was born here and that the name of the place was 'Stromemeanach' (OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 1st ed., {1875}) , but he could not vouch for the spelling. This site appears to have been depopulated in the late 19th century.
Visited by OS (W D J) 21 October 1966
A township comprising one roofed building, two partially roofed, twenty-one unroofed buildings, three unroofed structures and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, 1880, sheet cx). Sixteen unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 7 May 1996