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Latitude: 57.8099 / 57°48'35"N
Longitude: -4.1777 / 4°10'39"W
OS Eastings: 270705
OS Northings: 882116
OS Grid: NH707821
Mapcode National: GBR J812.R2N
Mapcode Global: WH4DR.SYTQ
Entry Name: Upper Bogrow,settlement & field system
Scheduled Date: 30 March 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4730
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system
Location: Edderton
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: East Sutherland and Edderton
A settlement of seven stone walled huts and house platforms with associated field system. The structures vary in form and size, from 6m to 16m in diameter: the walls are spread up to 3.5m wide and the entrances generally lie to the NE or SW. The field system contains numerous clearance cairns, lynchets and a few walls, best preserved around the central structures. The area to be preserved measures 800m N-S by 230m E-W to include the features described above, as detailed in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The site is of national importance as a good example of a prehistoric settlement and field system which can increase our understanding of prehistoric settlement and agriculture. It is of particular importance because the survival of different structural types can give us a greater understanding of prehistoric house construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH 78 SW 37.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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