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Pairc A' Chlaiginn
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Pairc A' Chlaiginn
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dalbenloch
Canmore ID 12130
Site Number NH19NE 1
NGR NH 194 951
NGR Description Centred on NH 194 951
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lochbroom
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH19NE 1 194 951.
(Area Centred NH 194951) Dalbenloch: shown as a group of about five buildings with arable.(Roy, Sheet no. 34/2) Deserted by 1906.
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1906); Roy 1747
In the area there are the ruins of 5 rectangular buildings and an enclosure, surviving to a maximum height of 0.7m, which comprise the remains of a depopulated settlement. There is some evidence of lazy beds in vicinity. Name not confirmed.
Visited by OS (NKB) 28 September 1964
Welsh lists:
(NH 191 952) Longhouse 18m by 5m;
(NH 194 951) Longhouses 17m by 6m, including drain, part modified with enclosures; 11m by 5m, 8m by 5m, 12m by 5m. (N of sheepfold);
(NH 195 951) Hut on knoll;
(NH 196 952) Foundations 10m by 5m, 7m by 5m, 9m by 6m, 15m by 7m and other remains.
T C Welsh 1992.
for further details see MS/737/1
Two unroofed buildings and an enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire and Cromartyshire 1881, sheet xiv). Four unroofed buildings, one of which is attached to a sheepfold of five compartments, and a small enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 6 February 1996
