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MHG646560 - Buildings and Enclosure - Allt Coire an Anmoich

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A round-ended rectangular drystone building.

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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 round-ended rectangular drystone building is c11m by c4m. It is aligned ENE-WSW. Entrance on the south. Vertical wall face internally with a slight batter externally. Walls survive up to c1.5m high and c0.65m thick and are made of well-hearted drystone masonry. There is possible turf capping in places. There is an internal division to the W of the doorway which is in the centre of the S wall. No sign of cruck slots or chimney. Immediately at the W end of this building is an addition, its W square-ended gable surviving up to c1m high. This is made of poorer quality drystone walling and may be the remains of a secondary structure c6m by c4m abutting the first. To the north of the main building is an irregular enclosure some c40m in diameter. Nothing was shown here in 1837, though the building was shown as roofed in 1875. One long unroofed building was shown here in 1902. The high well-constructed drystone walls and lack of record in 1837, suggest this is mid-19th century in date and connected either with sheep farming - a shepherd was here in 1861, with possible former grassland to the south. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2009 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 9605 5719 (31m by 53m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG95NE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	APPLECROSS

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