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Dail A' Thuraich
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dail A' Thuraich
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 5586
Site Number NC63NE 53
NGR NC 651 386
NGR Description centred on NC 651 386
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5586
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC63NE 53 651 386.
Dailachuraich, Dail a' Churaich or Dail a' Churraich, 'Field of the Boat': the ruins of a few dwellings.
Name Book 1873.
A depopulated area in which the building foundations range from 4m by 2m to 28m by 4m.
Visited by OS 8 May 1961.
Cleared 1814-19.
J Prebble 1963.
Published as Dail a' Thuraich.
OS 6"map, (1964)
A small township comprising five unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xliv). Nine unroofed buildings, three unroofed structures, one of which has six compartments, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1987).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 October 1995
