Torridon, Glen Cottage
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Torridon, Glen Cottage
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Structure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 334154
Site Number NG95NW 12
NGR NG 93000 56500
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/334154
- Council Highland
- Parish Applecross
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (1996 - 1998)
Traces of an old enclosure, of both turf & stone construction, still survive on the E side of the plantation running to the rock face. Walling is also evident above the line of the W boundary of Glen Cottage.
At about NG928564 there is a round-ended drystone structure measuring c5m by c3m and aligned E/W. It is set on a ledge between two stream channels. Its walls are spread to c0.8m wide and c0.7m high. Another structure lies to the W.
Three or four structures were shown in this general area in 1837 with enclosures to the E and they probably approximate to these recorded features. The people were probably cleared from here in 1845.
Nothing was shown here in 1875 and the wood was planted by 1902.
TOR96 041
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2014
