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Camus Ghaoideil

Building(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Camus Ghaoideil

Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 232683

Site Number NM68SE 9.03

NGR NM 6719 8443

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Arisaig And Moidart
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NM68SE 9.03 6719 8443

Field survey in advance of a woodland regeneration programme located the well-preserved remains of two rectilinear stone structures depicted as unroofed on the OS 1st edition 6 inch map (Inverness-shire, sheet CXXXV, 1876). Interpreted as houses, the northern example measures 7m by 4m, while the southern is 6m by 5m with a 2m lean-to structure abutting its south end. It is possible that they relate to pre-clearance 18th - 19th century farming settlements given their proximity to old field boundaries marked on both the OS 1st edition and modern maps.

Both buildings have turf-covered structures immediately to the S, possibly suggesting an ancillary agricultural function.

These houses are likely to have formed part of the township NM68SE 9.00

Information from CFA Report 1994 (No. 161) MS/726/176

Sponsor: Scottish Woodlands Ltd.

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