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Ledmore
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ledmore
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lair
Canmore ID 70431
Site Number NC21SE 26
NGR NC 25870 13826
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70431
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC21SE 26 2589 1374.
NC 2589 1374. Circular enclosure and field wall.
R J Mercer 1978.
Nothing significant seen.
Visited by OS (JM) 14 August 1980.
NC 258 138: Lair - depopulation.
W Roy, 1747, 34/2
NC 2590 1382: A grass-covered, rectangular enclosure, near a farmstead.
R Mercer, Ledmore Survey No.7, 1978
NC 2599 1375: a grass-covered field complex with a scatter of cairns within field boundaries.
R Mercer, Ledmore Survey No.9, 1978
NC 2583 1387: An enclosure with sub-divided plots.
R Mercer, Ledmore Survey No.18, 1978
NC 2589 1377: A small walled enclosure.
R Mercer, Ledmore Survey No.19, 1978
NC 2586 1384: Farmstead abandoned 18th/19th century. Remains include two building footings, 13.0m by 4.0m and 12.0m by 4.0m, with an adjoining enclosure and, nearby, ruins of a small enclosure and a subsiduary building; also a field complex of walls, banks and heaps of cleared stones.
Visited by OS (JM) 14 August 1980
An unroofed building and an enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet lxxxii). One unroofed building of two compartments attached to an enclosure and one unroofed structure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1966).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 September 1995
Field Visit (27 November 2009)
The remains of a settlement comprising stone built structures including enclosures and turf field banks. The main part of the site consists of a probable building, 16m x 16m aligned N-S/E-W, and 2 probable enclosures, one of which is 11m x 6m aligned E-W and the other is to the south of that and is 8m x 8m. Another structure is located c.10m to the east and is probably MHG13124, it is 13m x 4m and is aligned E-W.
(HLP_no 30)
Assynt's Hidden Lives Project 2009
Condition Survey (May 2022 - July 2022)
NS 16369 78952 Following unauthorised felling within a scheduled area in Dunloskin Wood, Dunoon (SM 3894) a programme of works was devised to ensure the remaining woodland was felled and extracted in such a manner to minimise physical damage to the Scheduled Area and the monuments located within it (Canmore ID: 347360, 347607, 347608,
347610, 347636, 347635, 75346, 70431). The work was
carried out in May to July 2022.
In addition, the charcoal platforms located within the Scheduled Area were cleared of debris and brash so that they are visible, readily identifiable, and accessible by the public. The work was required by Historic Environment Scotland.
Archive: NRHE (intended) Funder: Euroforest
Clare Ellis – Argyll Archaeology
(Source: DES Volume 23)
