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Achadh An Uaigh
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Achadh An Uaigh
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Birchfield
Canmore ID 12494
Site Number NH49NE 2
NGR NH 492 991
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12494
- Council Highland
- Parish Kincardine (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH49NE 2 494 992.
(Centred: NH 494992) Achadh Nan Uaigh {NAT}
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 1st ed., (1875-81)
The ruins of an old mansion house stand in the field called 'Achadh nan Uaigh' - the field of the graves - N of Birchfield House.
Name Book 1875
No remains were seen in this field.
Visited by OS (R D L) 23 May 1963
A farmstead comprising two roofed buildings, one unroofed structure and a field-system is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xi). Three roofed buildings, a sheepwash and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1990).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 27 September 1995
