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MHG42537 - Longhouse - Allt A' Gharaidh Dhuibh

Summary

A longhouse aligned N/S and measuring c14m by c2.5m.

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What may be two unroofed shieling-huts, an enclosure and a field wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, lxxxii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 1 March 1996.

A walkover survey and desk-based assessment was undertaken by J Wordsworth and J Harden at Torridon for the National Trust for Scotland in 1996-2002.

A longhouse aligned N/S and measuring c14m by c2.5m sits on the south bank of the Allt a'Gharaidh. It contains 3 chambers and has probably lost its north wall to the burn. The walls survive up to lm high and are spread to lm, probably of turf on stone footings, though this could not be established. Traces of an enclosure extend south from this building, south below the road but cannot be traced to the river due to later peat cuttings. Not shown in 1837, but it is marked as unroofed on the 1881 OS map - presumably it was already a ruin at the time of the 1837 survey? <1>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NG 9465 5671 (7m by 15m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG95NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	GAIRLOCH

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