Achnacarich
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Achnacarich
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7732
Site Number ND05NW 44
NGR ND 019 586
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND05NW 44 019 586
ND 019 586. Achnacarich: Two longhouses up to 1.3m high, together with associated enclosures and indications of strip cultivation.
Visited by OS (J B), 28 July 1981.
A farmstead comprising four unroofed buildings, two of which are long buildings, and an enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xvi). It is shown on the OS 1:10560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK), 15 September 1995.
