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MHG11728 - Corn drying kiln - Dalnamain

Summary

Corn kiln built into the rocky knoll to the NW.

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There is a possible souterrain at Dalnamain. There appears to be the outline of a passage, and lintel stones in position can be seen.
Information contained in letter from Elizabeth R Mackay, Tigh Beag, Rearquhar, Dornoch, IV25 3NE, to OS.

This would appear to be a well-preserved kiln-barn of pre-1811 date and associated with the depopulation around.
Information contained in letter from R Mowat, RCAHMS to OS 2 October 1978.

A well-preserved corn-drying kiln with flue exposed.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 15 October 1980.

A walkover survey and desk-based assessment was undertaken by A Coombs at Dalnamein for the Sutherland Longhouse Project, a community engagement project hosted by Historylinks Museum, Dornoch in 2019-20.

Site 19: Corn kiln built into the rocky knoll to the NW. The bowl survives well and has the flue lintel in place on the NE side. The attached kiln barn walls survive to 0.65m and have a SW-facing entrance. <1>

The feature is visible in vertical aerial photographs taken in 2016. <2>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NH 7234 9858 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH79NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DORNOCH

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