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Allt A' Chalda Mor
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Dyke(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Allt A' Chalda Mor
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Dyke(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 70437
Site Number NC22SW 13
NGR NC 245 235
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70437
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC22SW 13 245 235.
NC 245 235. Two unnamed buildings shown N of stream.
Home's Survey of Assynt 1774-5.
Two subrectangular stone footings 6.5m by 5m and 8m by 3m and 0.4m high. Each abuts on to an enclosure or field wall.
Visited by OS (JB) 12 August 1980.
One unroofed structure and two lengths of wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet lxxi). One length of wall and what may be part of an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1967).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 14 September 1995
Field Visit (9 December 2009)
Situated on a flat terrace north of a burn are two drystone structures. Structure A consists of one main room with a curvilinear additional compartment to the north abutting the south side of the head dyke associated with the settlement of Eader A' Chalda.
Structure B is a rectangular structure of random rubble construction with a similar associated enclosure. It measures 6m by 4m. Both are built from limestone, aligned N/S with their front wall on the west.
(HLP_no 84)
Assynt's Hidden Lives 2009
