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Aird Bheag
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aird Bheag
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Arnbeg
Canmore ID 71070
Site Number NC25SW 10
NGR NC 215 504
NGR Description Centred on NC 215 504
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Eddrachillis
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC25SW 10 Centred on 215 504
NC 215 503. Arnbeg: a group of buildings.
W Roy 1747-55.
NC 214 504. A structure, measuring externally 8ft by 6ft with walls 3ft high and 2ft thick, has a rubble extension 8ft by 10ft. Under a square stone hut by the burn are the foundations of a larger rectangular building, probably two-roomed, 36ft by 12ft with walls 3ft thick.
T C Welsh 1969b.
NC 215 503. Small crofting township abandoned in the 18th/19th century. Remains include five building footings, dimensions ranging from 11m by 5m to 24m by 4m, several enclosures and, at NC 2141 5039, a corn-drying kiln. Infield scattered heaps of cleared stone indicate worked land; outfield lazy-bed cultivation is in evidence. The largest building footing is modified in part to form a sheep pen. Presumably the local name Aird Bheag has some affinity with, if not directly descended from, Anbeg.
Visited by OS (JM) 8 June 1980.
A township, comprising five unroofed structures (of which four may be buildings), is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxxi). The township containing four unroofed buildings, one of which is sub-divided, is shown on the current edition OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 14 August 1995.
