Nouag
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Nouag
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) The Wag
Canmore ID 8208
Site Number ND13SW 16
NGR ND 106 334
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8208
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND13SW 16 106 334.
Nouag - 5 buildings shown.
W Roy 1747-55.
'Nouag' is the shortened gaelic form of 'The Wag'.
A deserted crofting community comprising ruins of four long houses, several subsidiary buildings, a number of enclosures, and stretches of field walls. Strip cultivation is in evidence.
Visited by OS 6 August 1982.
A township comprising seven unroofed buildings, four of which are long buildings, six enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxxviii). Six unroofed buildings, six enclosures and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 8 January 1996.
