'Hulin'
Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name 'Hulin'
Classification Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Torr Liath
Canmore ID 73052
Site Number NC45NW 26
NGR NC 439 575
NGR Description Centred on NC 439 575
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Durness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC45NW 26 Centred on 438 574
Buildings named 'Hulin'.
W Roy 1747-55.
The area NC 439 575 is occupied by the lands of Torr Liath, a post-Clearance croft-house, now ruined. At NC 438 574 is a minor deserted settlement comprising the footings of four buildings, including two long-houses, the larger 41m by 4m, two or three small enclosures, and rig-and-furrow. This is probably 'Hulin' (Roy's map) but no name is known locally.
Visited by OS (NKB) 8 November 1978.
A township, comprising one unroofed building with an enclosure, and a sheepfold with a possible adjoining building (250m to SW), is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xv). The township is shown as one unroofed building with an enclosure and a sheepfold to the SW on the current edition OS 1:10,560 map (1961).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 14 August 1995.
