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West Langwell
Building (19th Century)
Site Name West Langwell
Classification Building (19th Century)
Canmore ID 130315
Site Number NC60NE 65
NGR NC 6982 0892
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/130315
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (5 July 1995)
NC60NE 65 6982 0892
This building is set into a SSW-facing slope on the N side of the public road through West Langwell. It measures 8.1m in length by 2.8m in breadth within walls reduced to stony banks 0.2m high. It has a possible entrance on the SSW side. The building is depicted, roofed, on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet xcvi) as part of the settlement of West Langwell, which is described in the ONB as 'a small district ... tenanted by small crofters. The dwelling houses are one story high, with suitable out offices, the whole are thatched and in fair repair'.
(ROG95 791)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB), 5 July 1995.
OS Name Book 1879.
