Dailyoich

ND12SW 33 1020 2435.

Dailyoich

OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1871)

The ruins of a small farm-steading.

Name Book 1871.

Allandonagg, A settlement of about five buildings

W Roy 1747-55.

A deserted settlement comprising eight buildings, a corn-drying kiln and several small enclosures, situated adjacent to haughland covered in run-rig cultivation. Most of the buildings are reduced to 1.0m high or less, but one of them is 1.5m high.

Visited by OS 9 November 1982.

A township comprising nine unroofed buildings, four of which are long buildings, and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xlii). Seven unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 November 1995.

A township, comprising five long buildings, two smaller structures, and a kiln-barn and associated enclosures, was recorded during a pre-afforestation survey of Langwell-Rinsary Braes, Berriedale. The adjacent river terraces have extensive traces of rig, ranging from 4m to 9m in width, and more than one system appears to be super-imposed. Building walls survive up to 1.5m in height with no evidence of recent collapse.

A settlement, named 'Allandonagg' is depicted on Roy's map (1747-55) and 'Allandonim' on Arrowsmith (1807) but is named 'Dailyoich' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xlii).

S Carter and J Rideout (Headland Archaeology) 3 March 1999; NMRS MS 899/141, no.1

W Roy 1747-55; A Arrowsmith 1807