Strathie

NG73SE 31 7954 3243

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 7954 3243 Platform cut into hill slope, 25 x 8m.

Sponsors: National Trust for Scotland, Historic Scotland

M Wildgoose 1996

On the north side of the glen called Strathie, at the foot of a south-west facing wooded hillside is a level grassy platfonn. The platform measures 25.0m east to west by 8.0m north to south and has a front edge raised some 0.5m above the general lie of the land. A stone built dyke passes around the rear of the platform. A large area of parallel lazy beds lies between the site and the road which runs along the floor of the glen.

There are very slight indications that a wooden building once stood on the platform but no evidence at all for stone structures.

(BAL96 106)

Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016

This site consists of an obvious dyke enclosing the better ground north of the road. There is a clear terrace lying along the contour towards the top of the area, while in the western part of the area slight rigs/lazy beds can be seen

NTS Ref: BAL 105 (Information from condition report for NTS produced by Jill Harden 2000 and subsequent visit 2003)

NTS commissioned condition report as follow-up to Dualchas survey undertaken by Jill Harden