Archaeological Survey of Dunbeath Strath

SITE REF: DB21/01 DESCRIPTION: Deserted settlement cluster, Leathad Breac GRID REF: ND 1087 3371 (centre) SITES & MONUMENTS RECORD REF: ND13SW0075 SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT This settlement includes two longhouses, one shorter rectangular buildiing, kiln and attached building, high mound-like structure with ruinous dray-stone built walls, yards, and enclosures. Information from Historic Scotland (1992): "At this site are a number of houses and buildings at least two of which have been incorporated into later sheep folds. To the E are two long houses, one of which appears to have been converted into a kiln barn, and a third smaller building." Note the linear field systems associated with the mid-19th century 'improved' landscape and later sheep farming, this overlies earlier, more organically-shaped, settlement patterns. Height OD: 134m RETURN TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP

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