Carraig
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Post Medieval)
Site Name Carraig
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 22308
Site Number NM55NE 2
NGR NM 5540 5789
NGR Description Centred on NM 5540 5789
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Morvern
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM55NE 2 centred on 554 578
(NM 553 578) Carraig. Remains of 10 houses. Though none are shown in 1770, 9-10 buildings appear here on an 1836 plan. Dates of early occupation unknown; cleared about 1843. Remains of another house at NM 557 572.
P Gaskell 1968
A township comprising six unroofed buildings, one enclosure of six compartments, some of which may also be unroofed buildings, and what may be two phases of head-dyke, one length of which is shared to the SW with another township (NM55NW 1), is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xxxix). Eight unroofed buildings, three enclosures and the head-dyke are shown the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 May 1998
