Dalvaich
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Kiln(S) (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dalvaich
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Kiln(S) (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6606
Site Number NC81SW 17
NGR NC 808 106
NGR Description centred on NC 808 106
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6606
- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC81SW 17 centred on 808 106.
(NC 808 106) Dalvaich (NAT)
OS 6"map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)
Dalvaik. Shown as a group of about five buildings with arable.
W Roy 1747-55.
NC 808 106. Footings and remains up to 0.5m high of at least twelve dwellings ranging in size from 6.0 by 3.0m to a T-shaped building 25.0 by 4.0m with a wing 14.0 by 4.0m, together with associated enclosures and the remains of two kilns.
An area of rig and furrow lies between this site and the River Brora to the North.
Visited by OS (R D L) 1 May 1964.
A township comprising eleven unroofed buildings, four enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet xcvii). Eight unroofed buildings, at least three enclosures, two sheepfolds 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
