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MHG64220 - Buildings - Township, Glenuig

Summary

The remains of four structures.

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A township comprising twenty-five unroofed, one partially roofed, twenty-five roofed buildings, one of which is annotated as a school, a field-system, some enclosures, a field-system and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet cxlviii). Seven unroofed, one partially roofed, thirty-five roofed buildings, some enclosures and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 August 1996

A walkover survey was conducted by Wordsworth Archaeological Services in 1996 for a proposed Woodland Grant Scheme application.

Site No: 36
Site name: Glenuig
Description: Adjacent to the burn that descends eastwards from Monadh Gleann Uige and just N of stone dyke 9 are the remains of four structures. The house sites are obscured by heavy bracken growth. These were all shown as unroofed in 1873.
36/1 Poorly defined drystone structure 9m by 5m aligned N/S, probably a former dwelling house
36/2 Oval structure 4m by 3m
36/3 Round ended drystone structure 6m by 4m
36/4 This is a possible structure 10m by 5m showing as a slight hollow under the bracken and is aligned NE/SW. It may have extended or there may have been another building 10m long to the NE of this.
Recommendation: These buildings are too badly preserved and obscured to be suitable for public display. This area should be left open and periodically weeded. A selective muir burn may make these sites easier to identify. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

1st Edition OS 6" <3>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NM 6681 7675 (60m by 62m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM67NE
Civil Parish	ARISAIG AND MOIDART
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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