Fairhurst, H. (1967). Rosal: a deserted township in Strath Naver, Sutherland. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 100. Vol 100, pp. 135-169.

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Title:		 Rosal: a deserted township in Strath Naver, Sutherland
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Issue:		 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 100
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Series:		 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Volume:		 100
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Page Start/End:		 135 - 169
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Abstract:		 NC 690415. The survey is based upon fieldwork, documentary sources and excavation, and demonstrates a long history of intermittent settlement from the Bronze Age until the Clearances of 1814-8. About seventy structures of the period immediately before the Clearances are distinguished and classed as dwellings, outhouses, yards and corn-drying kilns; the absence of the more specialised buildings indicates the nature of Rosal as a purely farming community. The buildings and arable rigs are contained within an irregular stone wall and form three clusters. One complex examined in detail contained a longhouse, an adjacent barn, an outhouse included within a stretch of dyke, a stackyard and a large pit. The pottery, mass-produced imitations of English wares, was probably made in the Glasgow or Forth areas, and dates from the late 18th and very early 19th centuries (see also 70/894). Au
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Author:		 Horace Fairhurst
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Year of Publication:		 1967
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SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
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BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
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PIT (Monument Type England)
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Created Date:		 05 Dec 2008