Ach' Chairn
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Ach' Chairn
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Ach' An Arain
Canmore ID 86176
Site Number NC36SE 26
NGR NC 363 619
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC36SE 26 363 619
The name signifies 'Field of Bread' and there were two small ruins at the site.
Name Book 1878.
What may be a farmstead, comprises one unroofed building as depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xiv). The site comprises one roofed, two unroofed and one partially roofed building, as well as an enclosure and a small system of walls as it is depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1988).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 10 August 1995.
