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Araid
Breakwater (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Araid
Classification Breakwater (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 346582
Site Number NG75NE 21
NGR NG 79312 58920
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/346582
- Council Highland
- Parish Applecross
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (26 March 2012)
NG 79312 58920 A survey was carried out on 26 March 2012 on the small settlement of Araid on the N side of Loch Torridon, which is recorded on modern OS maps as ‘shielings’. The measured survey undertaken in advance of development identified different phases and types of settlement and land use, including buildings predating the reorganisations of Gairloch estate lands in 1846, two improved croft houses occupied until the 1960s, and evidence for seasonal fishing, in the form of a substantial harbour wall built to accommodate herring fishing fleets in the early 19th century and reuse of abandoned buildings, possibly by late 19th- to early 20th-century fishing crews or lobster men.
Archive: HCAU
Funder: Mrs Irene Macpherson
Catherine Dagg,
2012
