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Fearach
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fearach
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ferach
Canmore ID 74510
Site Number NC81SW 43
NGR NC 837 105
NGR Description Centred NC 837 105
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74510
- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC81SW 43 centred 837 105
Fearach: the ruins of several dwellings situated a short distance N of Greeanan. The walls stand only a few feet high (Name Book compiled 1872).
Name Book, Sutherland
Footings of about six buildings from 7.0m by 3.0m to 25.0m by 5.0m.
Visited by OS (RDL), 28 April 1964
A township comprising five unroofed buildings, an enclosure and a ring-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet xcvii).
Four unroofed buildings, a circular enclosure, a field and a length of wall are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 1 November 1995.
