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MHG64764 - Structures and Cultivation area - Leacan Bana

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Structures and cultivation areas.

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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.

114a. South of the sheepfank and to the south of the footpath across Leacan Bana, is a rectangular structure with rounded corners with areas of broad rig emanating from it downhill, from the SW round to the ESE. The structure is aligned NE-SW and measures c6.5m long by c3m wide over walls spread to c0.8m and c0.3m high. There seems to be an entrance facing SE and the structure appears to be divided into two rooms. MM2 The rigs are broad - c8m wide - and up to c50m long.

114b. At the SW lower ends of the rigs are at least three distinct mounds c2.5m in diameter and up to 0.8m high with stones sticking through them. It is possible that these are peat stack bases, lying as they do at the break of slope between the rigs and the flatter boggier plateau above the steep drop to the sea. MM2A

114c. NG818574 A little further down the hillside towards the sea is a drystone structure aligned SSW-NNE, originally c6.5m long by c3m wide. Today it appears to be in two distinct parts - the south part is c2.5m square with rounded corners over walk c0.6m thick and c0.5m high; the N part is c2.5m in diameter over walls c0.6m thick and c0.7m high. Slightly downslope is what appears to be a clearance cairn c3m In diameter.

114d. Down by the sea, at the raised beach level a small patch of ground appears to have been cultivated - there are at least 3 rigs c5m wide.

This area is part of a rich landscape of post-clearance settlement, individual buildings that ere presumed to be pre-clearance, the large pre-clearance township of Lagaidh Dubh and extensive shieling grounds and peat cuttings. It is certainly of regional importance. Historic Scotland would need to assess whether it is of national significance. <1>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NG 8181 5741 (328m by 355m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG85NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	APPLECROSS

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