Swordale
Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval), Farmstead (Post Medieval)
Site Name Swordale
Classification Enclosure(S) (Post Medieval), Farmstead (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Druim Mor
Canmore ID 12882
Site Number NH56NE 19
NGR NH 57810 66141
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
This deserted settlement is as described by the previous authority; generally the remains are in a poor condition.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS, 27 February 1981.
A farmstead, comprising a partially roofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire & Cromartyshire 1881, sheet lxiv).
An unroofed building and an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK), 28 February 1996.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Swordale NH 578 661 NH56NE
This extensive area of deserted settlement covers the summit of a ridge just NW of the chambered cairn (NH56NE 8) from which much of the building stone has probably been derived. What may be a domestic building, measuring 10m from NE to SW by 6m transversely and of dry-stone construction, stands among numerous enclosures.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
