Coirenamfeuran
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Coirenamfeuran
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 5637
Site Number NC63SE 2
NGR NC 662 347
NGR Description centred on NC 662 347
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5637
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC63SE 2.00 centred on 662 347.
2.01: 664 349: Small Cairns
(NC 662 347) Coirenamfeuran (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1963)
The extensive remains of Coirenamfeuran, a depopulated settlement which was cleared in 1814-19. The remains consist of the foundations of buildings, ranging from 4m by 2m to 26m by 4m, and enclosures. A kiln, 1.3m in diameter and 0.6m deep, lies at the north end of the buildings at NC 6642 3467.
J Prebble 1963; Visited by OS (E G C) 13 May 1961.
Coirenamfeuran deserted township comprises seventeen buildings, as described by the previous field investigator, several kaleyards and enclosures, the aforementioned corn-drying kiln, and extensive areas of run-rig and clearance bounded by a township wall. One of the buildings at NC 6640 3470 had been re-used as a sheep shelter, and at NC 6644 3465 is a shieling.
Visited by OS (N K B) 1 April 1977.
A township comprising eleven unroofed buildings, an enclosure and an unroofed structure attached to another enclosure in the woods called Coille Coire nam Feuran is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet liv). Twenty unroofed buildings, one unroofed structure and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 October 1995
Ground Survey (13 May 2010)
NC 6620 3470 A walkover survey was carried out 13 May 2010
of the area to the N of Loch Choire containing the township
of Coirenamfeuran, which was cleared of its population
in 1814–19. The survey identified and mapped large areas
of improved ground, field clearance, rig cultivation and
enclosures, most of which are presumed to be contemporary
with the cleared township, although some are equally likely
to have been brought into cultivation in the prehistoric period
and to be associated with the well preserved hut circle at NC
6606 3504. A stalker’s path and large borrow pits associated
with access roads linked to 19th-century sporting activity
were also recorded.
Archive: Archaeology Unit, Highland Council
Funder: Bowlts Chartered Surveyors, Inverness
