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Duirinish
Bothy(S) (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned), Pen (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Duirinish
Classification Bothy(S) (Period Unassigned), House (Period Unassigned), Pen (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Balmacara Estate
Canmore ID 136712
Site Number NG73SE 30
NGR NG 7857 3149
NGR Description Centred on NG 7857 3149
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/136712
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (6 June 1996)
NG73SE 30 Centred on 7857 3149
NG 780 300 (centre) In the springs of 1995 and 1996 a field survey was carried out on the NTS Balmacara Estate. The estate covers approximately 22.5km2 of the Lochalsh peninsula. It lies largely within the points of a triangle formed by Kyle in the SW, Plockton in the N and Balmacara in the SE. The range of topographic variation found within the estate largely reflects that found on the W coast of Scotland generally. The range of sites found during the survey reflects this topographic variation.
During two seasons of survey 109 new sites were recorded. A full report is lodged with the NMRS.
1996
NG 7859 3156 Byre/bothy, squared corners 3.2 x 2.4m, ruined.
NG 7857 3149 Bow-fronted house, stone, ruined, 9.5 x 3.5m at ends and 4.5m in centre.
NG 7866 3136 Bothy/pen, very degraded, pear-shaped, 4 x 1.8m at narrow end and 3m at wide end.
Sponsors: National Trust for Scotland, Historic Scotland
M Wildgoose 1996
Field Visit (May 1996 - June 1996)
On a grassy south-west facing hillside overlooking the northern end of Duirinish are the degraded remains of a bow fronted stone structure. The remains sit on a terrace dug into the hill slope and measure 9.5m north to south by 3.5m at the ends and 4.5m in the centre, over walls with rounded corners 1.1m thick. An entrance 1.0m wide faces west and lies in the centre of the bowed west wall. The interior of the structure has been used as a rubbish tip. Partially overlying the northern end of the structure is a later rubble built bothy/pen measuring 3.0m by 2.5m over walls 0..7m thick. The entrance into this structure lies in the east end and is 1.0m wide. Dense bracken covers the site.
The only bow fronted house found during the survey. It's position on a hillside overlooking level cultivated land and the sea beyond is reminiscent of many 'Viking' period farms in Orkney.
(BAL96 104)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
Condition Survey (1998 - 1998)
This site was not found during an intensive search of the area
NTS Ref: BAL 102 (Information from condition report for NTS produced by Jill Harden 2000)
NTS commissioned condition report as follow-up to Dualchas survey, undertaken by Jill Harden
