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Creag Gharbh

Enclosure (Post Medieval)

Site Name Creag Gharbh

Classification Enclosure (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 6369

Site Number NC76NE 6

NGR NC 7677 6614

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Farr
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC76NE 6 7682 6612.

NC 7682 6612. A stone-built enclosure 100m N-S by 50m across, with the W end missing. It stands to three courses, 0.5m high.

R J Mercer 1981.

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Aerial Photography (19 July 2013)

This stone-walled enclosure is probably a pound for stock and is partially depicted on the 1st edition of the OS map (1878). It is roughly trapezoidal on plan, measuring about 75m from NNE to SSW, by up to 43m across. The SSW end is poorly defined.

Information from RCAHMS (DCC) 10 January 2014

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