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Strath Canaird
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Strath Canaird
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Achamihuoric
Canmore ID 4529
Site Number NC10SE 2
NGR NC 1640 0200
NGR Description Centred NC 1640 0200
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4529
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochbroom
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NC10SE 2 centred 1640 0200.
(Area centred NC 1640 0200) Achamihuoric - Shown as a settlement of five buildings with arable. (W Roy 1747) Deserted by 1881. (OS 6"map, 1881)
W Roy 1747; OS 6"map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1881)
The remains of five buildings of good dry stone walling up to 2.0m high and an enclosure bounded by a grassed-over bank, 0.7m high.
Visited by OS (R D L) 10 May 1962.
A township comprising five unroofed buildings in an area of cultivation is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Cromartyshire 1881, sheet viii). Six unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 27 September 1995.
