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Latitude: 58.1421 / 58°8'31"N
Longitude: -3.7023 / 3°42'8"W
OS Eastings: 299879
OS Northings: 918279
OS Grid: NC998182
Mapcode National: GBR K776.DSS
Mapcode Global: WH5DL.3M82
Entry Name: Salscraggie Lodge,souterrain 40m SW of
Scheduled Date: 12 June 1939
Last Amended: 11 May 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1884
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house
Location: Kildonan
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: East Sutherland and Edderton
Traditional County: Sutherland
The monument consists of a souterrain, filled in many years ago, but with masonry surviving underground. The souterrain was discovered
when an earthen mound, about 7.5m in diameter and 2m high, was being cleared away. This mound may have been the remains of a hut circle.
The souterrain was entered by a flight of 6 steps leading into a
covered passage. The passage was 6.7m long, about 1m wide and 1.4m
high. The sides were built of boulders and the roof flagged. Within
the souterrain were found a human arm bone, and parts of 3 querns. A slight mound now marks the site of the souterrain and possible hut circle.
The area to be scheduled measures 40m in diameter, to include the souterrain, hut circle and an area around in which traces of
activities associated with the construction and use of the souterrain may survive, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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