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Newton
Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Newton
Classification Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Unapool
Canmore ID 310348
Site Number NC23SW 27
NGR NC 23897 31766
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/310348
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (2 December 2009)
A very large drystone built enclosure for working with sheep, aligned roughly N/S. It is close to the abandoned part of the township at Unapoll, Newton (see HLP 67).
The enclosure is very solidly built of drystone rubble, with walls approx. 0.75m wide towards top and c. 1m at base. The walls still stand to a maximum height of c. 1.4m and almost all survive to up to 1m high. All entrances are still clearly visible, including the low openings for sheep to pass through.
The enclosure is sub-divided into four main rooms with an additional two smaller rooms surviving, attached to the outside of the enclosure at its NE corner. Traces of a further third room survive (at the east end of Room G in field sketches) but this barely survives.
The enclosure has been in use until quite recently as a modern concrete area has been inserted into the NE corner of Room A, and an iron tank for dipping has been added.
(HLP_no 68)
Assynt's Hidden Lives Project 2009
