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MHG64686 - Building and animal pen - Uamh an Oir

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A round ended drystone building of random-course stone.

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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.

Set in a narrow gully in the hillside above Uamh an Oir is what may have been the original route from Doire na Fuaran up Glen Torridon. There are three structures here. A round ended drystone building of random-course stone stands with walls up to c1.5m high and c0.6m wide. It originally measured 9m by c3m but was shortened by c1.5m The entrance is at the SE end and the building is aligned WNW/ESE. About 12m to the SE is a ?animal pen on a similar alignment measuring c5m by c3m with walls made of large boulders. About 55m to the ESE down the same natural gully is another building on the same alignment measuring c7m by c3m. The walls survive up to c1m high and c0.6m wide. The west end is defined by a large rock. To the S of this rock is a c3m square turfy area that may have formerly been a building or a peat store. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (TB 22/9/25)

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Grid reference	Centred NG 9135 5581 (73m by 46m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG95NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	APPLECROSS

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