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Latitude: 58.4264 / 58°25'34"N
Longitude: -4.2866 / 4°17'11"W
OS Eastings: 266561
OS Northings: 950941
OS Grid: NC665509
Mapcode National: GBR H6SG.95V
Mapcode Global: WH38P.4G0M
Entry Name: Cracknie,souterrain and settlement
Scheduled Date: 26 April 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5663
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house; Secular: settlement, including deserted
Location: Farr
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Traditional County: Sutherland
The monument consists of a souterrain and a post medieval settlement on a NE-facing slope. The souterrain is almost intact. The entrance is marked by a hollow and a number of large stones, including one fallen cap stone. The full length of the souterrain is about 14.3m.
It is an average of about 1.3m high and 1.1m wide, but the inner end is pear-shaped. The walls are carefully built without mortar and it is roofed with slabs overlapping each other. The post medieval settlement includes a long house, kiln barn and an area of enclosed infield with traces of rig and furrow. The souterrain is located within the enclosed infield of this settlement.
The area to be scheduled measures 270m NNW-SSE, by 105m WSW-ENE, to include the souterrain, post medieval buildings, enclosed infield and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the souterrain and settlement may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric and post medieval domestic life and architecture.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NC 65 SE 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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