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Dornoch, 6 Argyle Street
Byre (Period Unknown), Cottage (Period Unknown), Storehouse (Period Unknown)
Site Name Dornoch, 6 Argyle Street
Classification Byre (Period Unknown), Cottage (Period Unknown), Storehouse (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 320600
Site Number NH88NW 10
NGR NH 80015 89649
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/320600
- Council Highland
- Parish Dornoch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Standing Building Recording (6 August 2010 - 13 August 2010)
Archaeology North Ltd of Dornoch carried out a standard building recording survey and an archaeological evaluation.
Three trenches were opened by machine, and a number of modern features plotted, including several in the vicinity of the barn which may be remnants of postholes from unknown structures. A wide linear feature containing a modern service pipe is on the alignment of a former property boundary.
The building had been used for several purposes, possibly including as a domicile, and later as a byre before its present function as a store. The original structure was much lower than the existing building, though on the same footprint, and appears to have been open to the north. Several types of stone were used in different phases. One internal face of a doorway quoin had been carved and signed ‘James Munro, Mason’, and two re-used stone carvings had been inserted on the Information from P. Higgins - Archaeology North Ltd, 2010
OASIS ID: archaeol21-81016
