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Brarathy
Corn Drying Kiln (Post Medieval), Township (Post Medieval)
Site Name Brarathy
Classification Corn Drying Kiln (Post Medieval), Township (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 6810
Site Number NC85NW 1
NGR NC 825 569
NGR Description centred on NC 825 569
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6810
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC85NW 1 centred on NC 825 572.
(NC 825 572) Brarathy, the ruins of several small crofts.
Name Book 1873
This deserted township, situated on a terrace below Am Bodach on the west side of the River Strathy, comprises the footings of at least eighteen buildings, varying in size from 35.0m by 4.0m to 7.0m by 3.0m, a corn-drying kiln, and several kaleyards and enclosures. Traces of lazy beds occur on the river floodplain, now occupied by a modern field, and afforestation has encroached on the south part of the township.
Revised at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 24 June 1977.
This township comprises nineteen unroofed buildings and two enclosures as depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xix). Eight unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1989)
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 August 1995
Project (17 April 2023 - 21 April 2023)
NC 82002 55637 A pre-construction field survey was undertaken by CFA Archaeology, particularly of any areas where the vegetation had been reduced considerably by recent wildfires, to record the baseline condition of any previously unknown sites and assess their proximity to construction activities, in order to establish whether any further mitigation is required. Carry out an historic building survey of the Strathy Wood Chimney to a Basic Level specification prior to its demolition.
Assets were located within the bounds of the development area, close to the present haul road, and were in relatively good condition at the time of the survey. The freestanding chimney was subject to a Basic Level historic building recording and was found to most likely be associated with the earlier 20th century forestry plantation works in the area. The township was beyond the development area but visited to assess its baseline condition. Of the 19 buildings previously associated with the township, only four structures were identified, with the forestry growth and vegetation obscuring most of the remains. Likewise, four sheiling huts recorded from the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1878 were not identified for this reason. An additional, previously unrecorded asset was also identified within bounds of the development: a low rubblestone bridge crossing at the River Uair. The presence of the defunct crossing in proximity to the township and along the course of a disused track suggests they are contemporary and of local significance to the surrounding landscape, and perhaps relate to the earlier 20th century forestry plantation works.
Information from C Scovell - CFA Archaeology Ltd
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-515195
Field Visit (17 April 2023 - 21 April 2023)
NC 82560 56700 Brarathy Township. The heather-covered rubblestone footings of at least four buildings were identified. Two were rectangular, north-south aligned, and measured 20 x 5m. Nearby, was a C-shaped enclosure measuring 10 x 5m, open to the south, and situated on the downslope to the flood plain. The north was the remains of square building measuring 6 x 6m. No visible sign of the other structures associated with the township.
Information from C Scovell - CFA Archaeology Ltd.
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-515195
