Rogie Burn

Enclosures, possible kiln, boundary wall, possible sheilings (NOSAS survey site Nos 13, 14, 22 to 30) centred on NH 4435 5995 The Rogie Burn flows from NE to SW and joins the Blackwater River just to the south of Rogie Farm. These sites are situated to the NW of the burn 600m to the NNE of Rogie Farm and on the SE facing slopes between the railway and the burn. The Dingwall - Kyle of Lochalsh Railway (constructed in 1869) passes along the valley, parallel and 200m to the north of the burn. The area has been grossly disrupted by ploughing, planting and felling of trees, but several features were located.

In the north part of the area:

23 Building/possible shieling - NH 44382 59986 Sub-circular and approximately 7m in diameter overall, this structure is slightly raised and has a dished centre, c2.5m diameter. The remains of the surrounding walls have some stone composition and are clearly visible, c0.2m height. There may be an entrance in the SE of the structure

24 Possible Building or shieling- NH 44391 59974 A few metres to the SE of 23 this is much less distinct. It is rectangular and on a N-S axis, 3.5m x 2m internally

25 Enclosure and walls/possible track way - NH 44420 600021

A The indistinct turf and stone banks, 0.2-0.3m in height, of a small roughly circular enclosure c10m in diameter may be a sheep stell

B Just to the NW of 25A are the remains of an indistinct pair of parallel walls roughly 5m apart. One of the walls continues east towards the burn and is clearly seen at NH 44485 60049, it may be a field boundary wall.

26 Possible Boundary wall - NH 44321 60008 (N end) to NH 44375 59954 (S end) A broad linear earth and stone bank meanders down the slope from the railway in the NW towards the SE for a total length of c.75m . The north part, a stretch of c.50m, is 0.5 to 1m in height and has a spread of 3m, but the southern 25m is less distinct and just 1.5m in width. There is a gap, 1.5m in width at NH 44336 59990 This wall may be a consumption dyke.

27 Linear clearance - NH 44340 59970 On a NW-SE axis and 5m x 1.5m x 0.5m height

28 Cup marked stone – details of this have been included along with the main group of CMSs which are c350m to the SW

In the south part of the area and closer to the main burn;

13 Walls/Possible Enclosure - NH 44294 59715 Within a shallow scoop on the west side of the Rogie Burn the wasted remains of two short sections of stone wall can just be discerned. The area has been felled, ploughed and replanted with trees.

14 Circular enclosure/Sheepfold - NH 44310 59693 In the same rough ground as 13 and just to the south of it, a curving bank of turf and stone makes a semicircular arc, the NE part of an enclosure, 19m in diameter. The remainder of the structure may have been swept away by the small burn which curves round to the SW and appears to follow the line of the circle.

22 Enclosure - NH 44306 59772 On the very edge of the burn and at the foot of a steep knoll this linear enclosure is on a NE-SW axis and measures c.25m x 6m, the leveled terrace has the remnants of a stone wall surrounding. A further wall trails off from the SW end, up the slope and there may be a further linear compartment here, 6m x 1.5m

30 Structure/Possible Kiln - NH 44291 59774 Recessed into the NE side of a prominent knoll (and just a few meters to the NW of site 22) on the west bank of the burn this structure is on a NE-SW axis and measures 4.5m x 2m internally. The recessed and stone faced SW end of the structure is semicircular, 1.5m in diameter. The stone facing has a height of 1m.