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Ledmore Wood
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Platform (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ledmore Wood
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Platform (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 119259
Site Number NH68NE 82
NGR NH 6575 8920
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119259
- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH68NE 82 6575 8920
A field-system, which is depicted as two adjacent clearings in Ledmore Wood on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879-81, sheet cxi) was recorded during the course of a forestry survey by Headland Archaeology (NMRS MS 899/25, no.21).
The clearings are defined by stone banks and clearance heaps. There is a single platform, measuring 8m by 6m, in the centre of the W field and a small enclosure at the E limit.
S Carter and J Wordsworth (Headland Archaeology) 5 February 1997; NMRS MS 899/25, no.21
NH 66 90 (centre) A short-notice forestry survey was undertaken by Headland Archaeology Ltd over roughly 7.5sq km of land to the W of Spinningdale on the northern shore of the Dornoch Firth. A total of 28 features or groups of features of archaeological interest were recorded, 19 of which had previously been noted. The majority are post-medieval settlement sites (buildings, farmsteads and settlement sites) recorded first by the OS in 1874.
NH 6575 8920 Platform, fields, clearance cairns.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
S Carter 1997
