Scottarie
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Kiln(S) (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Scottarie
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Kiln(S) (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6494
Site Number NC80NW 10
NGR NC 803 085
NGR Description centred on NC 808 085
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC80NW 10 centred on 803 085.
NC 803 085. 'Scottarie', a large area of depopulation, within which are the remains of seven rectangular buildings with associated enclosures and two kilns. The buildings vary in size from 30.0m by 4.0m to 5.0m by 3.5m with walls up to 0.7m in height.
Visited by OS (W D J) 25 April 1964.
A township comprising six unroofed buildings, an enclosure and a field wall or head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet xcvii). Eight unroofed buildings, five enclosures and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 November 1995
