Grummore
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Grummore
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gruamamor
Canmore ID 5595
Site Number NC63NW 1
NGR NC 605 364
NGR Description centred on NC 605 364
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5595
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC63NW 1 605 364.
(NC 605 364) Grummore (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1964)
The extensive remains of Grummore, a depopulated clachan which was in existence in 1726 and is shown by Roy as a group of five buildings on the west side of the Grummore Burn, with arable on the east. It was cleared, partly in 1814 and finally in 1819 when sixteen houses were burned. The remains consist of building foundations and walls, banks and enclosures. The buildings range from about 5m by 3m to 28m by 4m with walls varying in height from 0.1m to gable height. There are corn-drying kilns at NC 6062 3713, 6046 3662 and 6070 3678.
W Roy 1747-55; W Macfarlane 1906-8; A MacKenzie 1946; A D Cameron 1966; J Prebble 1963; Visited by OS (W D J) 9 May 1961.
NC 606 364 and NC 714 593 An initial assessment in December 2000 of the potential damage to known archaeological sites, including a number of Scheduled Ancient Monuments, from work on replacing electricity poles, was followed by a watching brief at Grummore (NC 606 364; NMRS NC63NW 1) and Ach Coillenaborgie (NC 714 593; NMRS NC75NW 35 and NC75NW 2 ). This revealed that no damage had been done to the archaeological features in the initial placing of the poles.
Report to be lodged with Highland SMR.
Sponsor: Scottish & Southern Energy plc.
C Dagg 2001
Field Visit (18 April 1977)
Grummore (name verified) is as described above. There are remains of at least forty-nine buildings along with associated kail yards and enclosures. The corn drying kiln at NC 6062 3713 is particularly well-preserved.
Visited by OS (J B) 18 April 1977
Note (9 October 1995)
A township comprising fifty-five unroofed buildings, twenty-two enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet liv). Sixty-six unroofed buildings, twenty-four enclosures and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 October 1995
Condition Survey (2001)
NC 606 364 and NC 714 593 An initial assessment in December 2000 of the potential damage to known archaeological sites, including a number of Scheduled Ancient Monuments, from work on replacing electricity poles, was followed by a watching brief at Grummore (NC 606 364; NMRS NC 63 NW 1) and Ach Coillenaborgie (NC 714 593; NMRS NC 75 NW 35 and 2). This revealed that no damage had been done to the archaeological features in the initial placing of the poles.
Report to be lodged with Highland SMR.
Sponsor: Scottish & Southern Energy plc.
C Dagg 2001
