North Erradale
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name North Erradale
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 298125
Site Number NG78SW 6
NGR NG 7448 8199
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/298125
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG78SW 6 7448 8199
This building is rectangular on plan, measuring 10m x 4m internally, with an entrance at the SE end. A small circular shieling hut overlies the interior.
Information from Terry Doe by email 16 March 2009
This building appears to be bow-sided.
Visited by RCAHMS (BRW, KMD ) 5 October 2010
Srp Note (10 April 2012)
The remains of this building are situated in rough grassland c250m N of the Allt Na Glaic Luachraich
burn. It lies at 102m OD within a modern fenced enclosure on a S. facing slope overlooking the sea.
The building's dimensions are 11m by 6.5m, with footings surviving to a maximum height of 0.70m. The footings are tumbled especially at the E. end and on a section of the S. wall, but the wall facings can still be seen. The longer walls appear to be bowed, and inside the building parallel to the N wall there is an inner line of facing stones, perhaps indicating a ledge. The walls are made with boulders of varying size with several larger boulders as shown on the drawing. A later shieling hut has been constructed inside the walls.
Information from Anne MacInnes and Anna Welti on 17/05/2011.