Achvarasdal
Township (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Achvarasdal
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 7381
Site Number NC96SE 57
NGR NC 993 621
NGR Description Centred on NC 993 621
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7381
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NC96SE 57 centred on 993 621
Achvarasdal is an abandoned farmstead comprising a longhouse 20m by 7m with a central division; and an enclosure 17m by 6m attached to its west side. A second enclosure, 10m by 4m, lies to the SW and both enclosures are attached to a third which is subrectangular,78m by 32m.
R J Mercer 1985.
What may be a small township comprising two unroofed long buildings, a structure and an enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet x). A head-dyke found during the field survey (Mercer 1985) runs E-W across the full extent of the site to the N of the buildings. Three unroofed buildings, a structure and an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1987).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 11 September 1995.
