Crannach
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Crannach
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Strathmor; Strathmore River
Canmore ID 4896
Site Number NC44SE 2
NGR NC 455 438
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4896
- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC44SE 2 455 438
Occupying the haughland on both banks of Strathmore River is the deserted settlement of Crannach comprising the footings of at least four buildings, associated enclosures and rig-and-furrow, overlaid by post-Clearances sheepfolds and fields.
The name Strathmor as applied to this area by Roy (1747-55, sheet 35/2) is not known locally.
Visited by OS 24 November 1978.
W Roy 1747-55.
This small township comprising five unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xlii).
Five unroofed buildings, two of which are marked as ruins, an enclosure and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1988).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 28 August 1995.
