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Farmstead (Post Medieval)

Site Name Strath Sgitheach

Classification Farmstead (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 12931

Site Number NH56SW 20

NGR NH 52219 63761

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12931

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Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach longhouse, boundary dyke and enclosure, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SSE.

DP 341983

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach longhouse, boundary dyke and enclosure, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SSE.

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Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

21/2/2010

© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach, farmstead and enclosure, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking W.

DP 342019

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach, farmstead and enclosure, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking W.

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Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

23/2/2010

© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES

General oblique aerial view of the lower SE slopes of Ben Wyvis and Upper Strath Sgitheach, Easter Ross, looking W.

DP 341732

General oblique aerial view of the lower SE slopes of Ben Wyvis and Upper Strath Sgitheach, Easter Ross, looking W.

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Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

19/4/2009

© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach general view of enclosures and plantations, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking W.

DP 341997

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach general view of enclosures and plantations, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking W.

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Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

21/2/2010

© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach farmstead and field system, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SW.

DP 341957

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach farmstead and field system, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SW.

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Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

22/1/2010

© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES

Aerial view of Farmstead, Strath Sgitheach, near Dingwall, looking W.

DP 342333

Aerial view of Farmstead, Strath Sgitheach, near Dingwall, looking W.

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Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

7/11/2010

© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach longhouse, boundary dyke and enclosure, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SE.

DP 341984

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach longhouse, boundary dyke and enclosure, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SE.

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Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

21/2/2010

© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach longhouse and enclosures, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SW.

DP 341998

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach longhouse and enclosures, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SW.

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Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

21/2/2010

© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES

Aerial view of Farmstead, Strath Sgitheach, near Dingwall, looking SW.

DP 342332

Aerial view of Farmstead, Strath Sgitheach, near Dingwall, looking SW.

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Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

7/11/2010

© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES

Strath Sgitheach, NH56SW 20, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

SC 2363113

Strath Sgitheach, NH56SW 20, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Collection)

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach longhouse, boundary dyke and enclosure, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SSE.

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach, farmstead and enclosure, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking W.

General oblique aerial view of the lower SE slopes of Ben Wyvis and Upper Strath Sgitheach, Easter Ross, looking W.

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach general view of enclosures and plantations, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking W.

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach farmstead and field system, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SW.

Aerial view of Farmstead, Strath Sgitheach, near Dingwall, looking W.

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach longhouse, boundary dyke and enclosure, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SE.

Aerial view of Strath Sgitheach longhouse and enclosures, near Dingwall, Easter Ross, looking SW.

Aerial view of Farmstead, Strath Sgitheach, near Dingwall, looking SW.

Strath Sgitheach, NH56SW 20, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Collections

Administrative Areas

Council Highland
Parish Dingwall
Former Region Highland
Former District Ross And Cromarty
Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

A farmstead comprising an unroofed long building of three compartments and an enclosure or field are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire and Cromartyshire 1881, sheet lxxvi). The unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 March 1996

Activities

Field Visit (September 1978)

RCAHMS: The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Easter Ross

Strath Sgitheach 1 NH 522 637 NH56SW

A three-roomed cottage, apparently of dry-stone construction, standing in cleared ground.

RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978

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