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Geisgeil

Farmstead (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Geisgeil

Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Gisgaig

Canmore ID 70386

Site Number NC14SE 21

NGR NC 172 410

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Eddrachillis
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC14SE 21 172 410.

Gisgaig - settlement.

W Roy 1747-55, sheet 34/4.

Gisgaig - modern spelling Geisgeil, early modern farmstead comprising a longhouse footing 22m by 3.5m with a possible corn drying kiln at the E end and a rectangular agricultural enclosure 21m by 13m.

Visited by OS (JB) 20 June 1980.

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