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Breacrie

Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Breacrie

Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 87008

Site Number NC85SE 26

NGR NC 897 510

NGR Description Centred on NC 897 510

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Farr
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC85SE 26.00 Centred on 897 510

A township, comprising eleven unroofed buildings and three enclosures, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxix). It is shown as nine unroofed buildings and three enclosures on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).

26.01 8976 5105 Buildings

26.02 897 512 Stone clearance heaps

26.03 8972 5060 Enclosure

26.04 8982 5127 Buildings

Information from RCAHMS (FO) 22 August 1995.

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