Coire Aghaisgeig
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Kiln(S) (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Coire Aghaisgeig
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Kiln(S) (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Coire An Uisgeachaidh
Canmore ID 6495
Site Number NC80NW 11
NGR NC 841 060
NGR Description centred on NC 841 060
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6495
- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC80NW 11 centred on 841 060.
Centred: NC 841 060. Within the area of Coire Aghaisgeig are the remains of ten buildings with associated enclosures and two kilns. The buildings vary in size from 28 by 3.8m to 5.3 by 4.5m with walls up to 1.0m high. Visited by OS (W D J) 24 April 1964.
A township comprising eight unroofed buildings, five enclosures, two fields and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet xcvii). Eight unroofed buildings, nine enclosures, two fields and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 1 November 1995
