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Dalmichy

Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Dalmichy

Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Cnoc A'bhreac-leathaid

Canmore ID 5214

Site Number NC51SE 22

NGR NC 593 139

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Lairg
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC51SE 22 593 139

See also NC51SE 5 and NC51SE 23.

A complex of rectangular and rectilinear structures, enclosures of various shapes and sizes and shielings.

R J Mercer 1980

Grassy patches on a north-facing hillside bear traces of bothy-type footings. Obscure traces of walling occur on the east margin.

Visited by OS 19 June 1981

This area has now been ploughed and planted with trees and none of the previously-reported structures was noted on the date of visit.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 12 October 1989.

Scheduled with NC51SE 5 and NC51SE 23 as Cnoc a'Bhreac-leathaid, shielings and cairnfield.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 3 February 1992.

Activities

Field Visit (5 February 2011 - 30 September 2012)

Settlement, hut circles and field system. The NMRS and HER record that a complex of rectangular and rectilinear structures, enclosures of various shapes and sizes and shielings are present on a north-facing hillside (Mercer 1980). In the same area is: a cairnfield, covering an area 90m by 60m, consisting of two groups of peat-covered clearance cairns approximately1 m high; a hut circle 8.4m in diameter; and a field system of some 16 hectares. A visit in 1989 (RCAHMS) found that none of the previously reported structures was plainly visible, the area having been ploughed and planted with trees. The site is a scheduled monument (5300).

Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-141020(G Mudie) 2012

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