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MHG21191 - Farmstead - Ard Ghoibhle

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NG 888 568 Corn-drying kiln.
M Macdonald 1995.

What may be a farmstead comprising two small unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet lxxxi). Three unroofed buildings and a short length of wall are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 April 1996

A walkover survey and desk-based assessment for the National Trust estate at Torridon was carried out by J Wordsworth and J Harden between 1996 and 2002.

Immediately below the old track T0R042, about 10m after crossing the Allt Ghoibhle, are a series of 3 round-ended buildings aligned SSE-NNW, one below the other down the hillside. They are marked on the 1837 estate map and were probably cleared in 1845. The upper-most is c10m by c4m over walls more than 1.2m high and c0.7m thick (MM2). It has a circular kiln attached externally to the centre of its long NE side. The next (MM3) has a short length of drystone wall linking its NW side to the structure immediately above. It is c8m by c4m over walls at least 1.2m high and c0.7m thick. The next (MM4) lies at least 20m down hill, measuring c8m by c3.5m, with a cross wall just off centre. The walls are c0.4m high and c0.7m thick, except at the NE corner where the wall still stands to more than 1m.

About 30m to the NNE of these is a structure aligned N-S (MM5) which measures el 1m by c5m over walls c, 0.8on thick and standing up to 1.2m high. It is attached on its N side to an irregular drystone enclosure c14m by cl Om with walls c0.5m high and c0.4m thick. The enclosed area has grasses, bog myrtle and rushes as well as a windblown tree now regenerating in it.

Some 20m down hill from the last structure is another (MM6). It is also aligned N-S with slightly rounded ends, measuring c6.5m by c3m over walls c0.7m thick and c0.5m high.
Four houses were recorded here in 1837, though only 3 unroofed structures are marked on the current OS map below the track.
Above the old track TOR042 are the remains of an (?)enclosure - a slight drystone dyke follows an L-shaped route (as shown on the current OS map), running NE from the track for c13m and then turning SE for c18m where it reaches the burn.

This is all part of the wider area of settlement know as Lub a' Ghriogalaich traditionally associated with a group of proscribed Macgregors (MM). <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 8880 5680 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG85NE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	APPLECROSS

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