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River Sand

House (Period Unassigned)

Site Name River Sand

Classification House (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Sand School

Canmore ID 241685

Site Number NG78SE 8

NGR NG 7635 8012

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Gairloch
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NG78SE 8 7635 8012

NG 799 7840 to NG 7614 8050 An archaeological desk-based assessment and walkover survey were undertaken for the proposed route of the Gairloch Water Supply Project. The following unrecorded sites were located:

NG 7635 8010 House, former school.

Full report deposited in Highland SMR and the NMRS

Sponsor: Earth Tech Engineering Ltd for Scottish Water

S Farrell 2002

A roofed school with ancillary buildings is depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 25-inch map (Ross and Cromarty, sheet XVIV.6, 1904). It is depicted as roofed on the OS 1:10,560 map (1968), although it is not named as a school.

RCAHMS (SO) 2003

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