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Ardroe
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ardroe
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 89518
Site Number NC02SE 12
NGR NC 07019 23727
NGR Description Centred on NC 07019 23727
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89518
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC02SE 12 centred on 070 237
A township comprising seven roofed and four unroofed buildings, five enclosures, a field and several lengths of wall is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet lxix). Three roofed and two unroofed buildings and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 September 1995
Field Visit (10 December 2009)
The township comprises five buildings, one of which was a large dwelling house. A circular drystone sheep bucht was also recorded. Numerous stone dykes forming field boundaries and enclosures are visible here. Frequent clearance cairns are also visible on improved areas of associated land.
(HLP_no 82)
Assynt's Hidden Lives Project 2009
