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Grumbeg
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Grumbeg
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 5623
Site Number NC63NW 6
NGR NC 634 385
NGR Description centred on NC 634 385
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5623
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC63NW 6 634 385.
(NC 634 385) Grumbeg (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1964)
The extensive remains of Grumbeg, a depopulated clachan which was cleared, first in 1814 and finally in 1819. In 1873 only a shepherd's house was occupied. Roy (1747-55) shows only a patch of arable with no distinguishable buildings, but the existence of an ancient graveyard (NC63NW 8) indicates an early origin for the settlement. The remains, all enclosed within an earth and stone bank, consist of building foundations, banks and enclosures. The buildings range from about 40m by 4m to 5m by 3m with walls up to 0.7m high. Kilns were identified at NC 6331 2843 and in a small building foundation at NC 6354 3853 (OS {W D J}).
W Roy 1747-55; Name Book 1873; J Prebble 1963; Visited by OS (W D J) 9 May 1961.
Grumbeg (name verified), a deserted township, is as described above. There are remains of at least twenty-three buildings along with associated kail yards and enclosures.
Visited by OS (J B) 18 April 1977.
A township comprising two roofed and nine unroofed buildings and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xliv). One partially roofed and twenty-five unroofed buildings and eleven enlosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 October 1995
Field Visit (18 July 2007 - 23 July 2007)
NC 6972 4494; NC 6976 4528; NC 6680 3713; NC 6343 3845
Rapid walkover surveys were carried out between 18-23 July 2007 at three cleared townships in the upper reaches of the valleys of Strathnaver: Langdale, Grumbeg and Achadh an Eas. The walkover surveys involved recording visible surface remains by means of sketches, written descriptions and photographs of selected features, and comparing them to features recorded on the 1st edition OS maps of the area. These were designed to inform an initial assessment of the township sites’ potential for early features, chronological complexity and phasing. Topographic survey of the earthwork known as the Tulloch, near Langdale was also carried out. This produced a contour model of the banked and ditched enclosure, which may be part of the ongoing Strathnaver Province Archaeology Project.
Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS. Report to be deposited with Highland SMR, RCAHMS and Historic Scotland.
Funder Historic Scotland
O Lelong 2007
