MHG10418 - Tighcreag farmstead
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Full Description
NC60NW 62 629 098.
Tighcreag: an abandoned early modern farmstead comprising a drystone longhouse, 21m by 4m by 0.9m high, a presumed barn, 9.5m by 4m, and another footing 10m by 4m. Small enclosures and fields of former cultivation also occur. A later, now abandoned, shepherd's house stands 100m to the W.
Visited by OS (JB) 9 December 1980.
A township, comprising three roofed buildings, one partially roofed building and three unroofed buildings, three enclosures and a head-dyke, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879, sheet xcv). One roofed and one unroofed building, an unroofed structure, two enclosures and a length of wall are shown on current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 20 November 1995.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 6298 0980 (434m by 408m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC60NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | ROGART |
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- https://canmore.org.uk/site/75071 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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