Brarathy
Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Brarathy
Classification Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
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
