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Solmar
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Solmar
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 4790
Site Number NC36NE 3
NGR NC 3753 6855
NGR Description Centred NC 3753 6855
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4790
- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC36NE 3 centred 3753 6855.
(Centred NC 3753 6855) Earthworks.
Visible on OS air photograph 5.S.20:190 :flown 18 August 1955.
About 150 m SW of the ruins of Solmar is an extensive area of rectangular enclosures. The area lies in a wide hollow running N-S and the enclosures are separated by banks of turf measuring 3.0m wide, varying from 0.1m to 0.3m in height. It is probable that the area is an elaborate system of fields belonging to the croft of Solmar.
Visited by OS (W D J) 11 April 1960.
Salamor is a shepherd's dwelling.
Name Book 1874.
The enclosures and fields are as described by the previous field investigator. The ruined longhouse of Solmar is 40.0m by 4.0m, standing to the wall head in places.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 27 November 1978.
A partially roofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet v). It is shown as a five compartment, unroofed building on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1991).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 10 August 1995.
CUCAP air photographs show a small roofless building at NC 3760 6868.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 11 August 1995.
