Storal
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Storal
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6085
Site Number NC71SE 4
NGR NC 796 105
NGR Description centred on NC 796 105
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC71SE 4 centred on 796 105.
(Centred NC 796 105) Storal (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1969)
Worrakall: Shown as a group of about six buildings with arable.
W Roy 1747-55.
The footings and remains up to 0.8m high of at least five dwellings ranging in size from 8.0m by 4.0m to 36.0m by 5.0m together with associated enclosures and the remains of a kiln.
Visited by OS (R D L) 4 May 1964.
A township comprising four unroofed buildings, two enclosures and a length of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet xcvii). Six unroofed buildings, two enclosures and a length of head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 November 1995
