Ascoilebeg
Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), School (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ascoilebeg
Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), School (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6633
Site Number NC81SW 7
NGR NC 829 107
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6633
- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC81SW 7 829 107
(NC 828 109) Ascoilebeg (NAT)
OS 1/10,560 map, (1969)
Koylbeg : Shown as a group of about six dwellings with arable beside river.
W Roy 1747-55.
Centred NC 828 109. Footings and remains up to 0.4m in height of at least twelve dwellings, ranging in size from 7.5m by 4.0m to 37.0m by 4.5m, together with associated enclosures.
Visited by OS (R D L) 28 April 1964.
A township, comprising one roofed building, which is a school, three unroofed buildings and two enclosures, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet lxxxviii). Seven unroofed buildings, six enclosures and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 24 October 1995.
