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MHG13258 - Doir A' Chata

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c. 400m E of the croft of East Durcha and now (April 1986) within an area of afforestation, are the foundations of a long, rectangular structure, probably a house. The walls survive to a height of c. 30cm, and in the absence of any evidence of collapsed stonework except for a slight rise in the wall-height on the E gable they are unlikely ever to have stood much higher. The building was therefore presumably turf-walled. A small rectangular enclosure, open on the S side, stands some 40m to the SE of the house. In a slightly better state of preservation, it comprises three low walls of thin dry-stone slabs, standing to a height of c. 30-40cm with no evidence of having been higher. The function of this, with one completely open side, is unknown, but it seems likely to have been associated with sheep farming.
Gourlay, RB. HRC Archaeologist 16.4.1986

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5109 0199 (60m by 60m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC50SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	CREICH

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