sutherland-1911/02_006

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SECOND REPORT
OF THE
ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE ANCIENT AND
HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND.

TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY, -
We, your Majesty's Commissioners, appointed to make an
Inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Construc-
tions connected with or illustrative of the contemporary culture,
civilisation, and conditions of life of the people in Scotland from the
earliest times to the year 1707, and to specify those which seem most
worthy of preservation, humbly present to your Majesty this our
second Report.
During the summer and autumn of 1909, Mr A. O. Curle,
Secretary to the Commission, undertook a survey and examination of
the monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland, and
has compiled an Inventory thereof, showing the situation and
characteristics of each, along with a bibliography, a reference to the
Ordnance Survey sheet (6-inch scale) on which it is noted, and the
date on which it was visited. Photographs and ground-plans have
been appended where these have been considered necessary to explain
the text. In order to render the Inventory more serviceable, maps
have been annexed, on which the positions of the various monuments
and constructions, or groups thereof, are indicated by numbers refer-
able to the Inventory. Annexed as an appendix to this Report is a
list of those monuments and constructions which, in the opinion of
your Commissioners, seem most worthy of preservation. These, as
formerly, have been divided into two classes, viz.: (a) those which
appear to be specially in need of protection, and (b) those worthy of
preservation but not in imminent risk of demolition or decay. A
detailed and illustrated account of all the monuments, etc., will be
found in the Inventory which has been issued as a Stationery
Office publication.
The monuments and constructions of Sutherland were found
greatly to exceed in number and importance those previously known
to exist, and they mainly belong to prehistoric times. Not only