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Ach An Fhionnfhuaraidh
Farmstead (Post Medieval), Kiln Barn (Post Medieval)
Site Name Ach An Fhionnfhuaraidh
Classification Farmstead (Post Medieval), Kiln Barn (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 72356
Site Number NC92SW 43
NGR NC 9030 2390
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/72356
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (5 June 1991)
NC92SW 43 9030 2390.
Situated on a knoll to the N of the Allt an Fhionnfhuaraidh, there are two buildings, set parallel to one another and aligned E-W, and a kiln-barn. The buildings are depicted as unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1871, sheet lxvii). The N building is of at least two compartments and has an external drain on the N; the S building, which is overlain by a stone-walled sheepfold, is also of two compartments. The kiln-barn lies to the SW of the S building, at the foot of the knoll, and measures 8.3m from ENE to WSW by 4.2m overall with a well-defined bowl (1.2m in diameter and 0.8m deep) let into the foot of the knoll. Surrounding the farmstead there are the remains of a multi-period field-system, comprising field-banks, plots, and rig, the latest element of which is a major field-bank running NW from the burn before turning down slope to the SW.
(KILD91 369, 370, 371)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 5 June 1991.
