Camasinas
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Camasinas
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 90616
Site Number NM66SE 12
NGR NM 657 610
NGR Description Centred NM 657 610
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/90616
- Council Highland
- Parish Ardnamurchan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM66SE 12 centred 657 610
This settlement is mostly excluded from the SSSI. Five structures were shown here in 1875. The structure at NM 6553 6097 was labelled sheepfold in 1875, and the structure at NM 6564 6114 also has the appearance of a sheepfold though in 1875 it was not labelled as one. The structure at NM 6575 6137 was probably another marked sheepfold. This has been a desk assessment area.
J Wordsworth, SSSIs, Scottish Natural Heritage, 1993
A township comprising one unroofed building, four roofed buildings, one of which is T-shaped, four enclosures, two sheepfolds, some field walls and a short length of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xxvi). Two unroofed, eight roofed buildings, two enclosures, some field walls and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1990).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 May 1998.
