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MHG18497 - Lydsurach

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NH69SW 66.00 610 949.

(610 949) Two bi-compartmental dry-stone longhouses 16.5m by 4.5m and 14.5m by 4.5m They survive generally to 0.6m high, but in each case the dividing wall stands to around 1.5m. An associated kail-yard and enclosure are adjacent.
Visited by OS 29 August 1980.

(607 946) A dry-stone longhouse 23m by 4m, adjacent to a footing 11.0m by 4.0m, possibly a barn, though there is little sign of cultivation in the immediate vicinity. The structures survive on average to 0.7m high. A small kail-yard adjoins.
Visited by OS 29 August 1980.

A township, comprising eight roofed buildings, one partially roofed building, three unroofed buildings, five enclosures and a length of head-dyke, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1879-81, cviii). Three roofed buildings, six unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1990).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 22 November 1995.

66.01 611 953 Farmsteads
66.02 610 949 Farmstead
66.03 607 946 Farmstead

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6100 9490 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH69SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	CREICH

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