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Latitude: 58.358 / 58°21'28"N
Longitude: -4.2257 / 4°13'32"W
OS Eastings: 269867
OS Northings: 943216
OS Grid: NC698432
Mapcode National: GBR H6YM.T9D
Mapcode Global: WH4B7.251Z
Entry Name: Dalvina Lodge,settlements 700m SSE of and 1050m S of
Scheduled Date: 11 February 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5565
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Secular: settlement, including deserted,
Location: Farr
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Traditional County: Sutherland
This monument consists of two prehistoric hut circles and the remains of two distinct, but adjacent, cleared settlements.
One hut circle, which measures 12m in diameter, lies within the fields of the S cleared settlement. The second hut circle is about 10m in diameter and lies to the SSW of the N cleared settlement. The two post medieval settlements, Auchenrach and Achupresh, were both outlying settlements connected with the township of Rosal. It has been suggested that they originated as a result of the land reclamation which was occurring at the time of the Clearances. Auchenrach consists of an enclosure containing four acres, a long-house, an outhouse and a yard. There are possible indications of earlier buildings on this site. At Achupresh the enclosure contains six acres, two long houses, a corn-drying kiln, at least one outhouse and a yard. A third enclosure to the SW of Achupresh contains possible traces of cultivation, but no buildings. The two settlements were presumably cleared at the same time as Rosal, in 1814-18.
The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 570m N-S by 600m NE-SW, but excludes the modern road and the fence line to the W of the road. The area includes the hut circles, the cleared settlements and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and occupation of these structures may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monuments are of national importance for their potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric and post medieval domestic life and agricultural practice. The post medieval settlements also have potential to add to the understanding of the process of the Clearances in this area of Scotland. Their value is enhanced by their documented association with the well-studied settlement at Rosal.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monuments as NC64SE 40, NC64SE 2-4 and NC74SW 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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