Site Event/Activity record EHG1010 - Walkover survey - Ardtreck, Glen Drynoch & Beinn Conchra

Location

Location Ardtreck, Glen Drynoch, Beinn Conchra
Grid reference Centred NG 6199 3252 (57017m by 6181m)
Map sheet NG63SW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Operational Area ROSS SKYE AND LOCHABER
Civil Parish BRACADALE
Civil Parish KINTAIL

Technique(s)

Organisation

Dualchas Museums' Service

Date

Nov 94 - Mar 95

Map

Description

Walkover surveys were carried out by Dualchas Museums' Service in 1995 in three areas that had been put forward for potential tree planting proposals. Area 1 comprised 3.5 hectares 300m to the south of Dun Ardtreck. Area 2A consisted of four separate areas in Glen Drynoch between the A863 and the Drynoch river. Area 2B was a single extended area to the north of the A863 along the lower reaches of the northeast-facing glen side. Area 3 was an area to the north of Ben Conchra between Allt nan Sugh and Glen Udalain. No archaeological sites were found in Areas 1 and 2A. In Area 2B twelve distinct sites lay within or close to the proposed area of planting and numerous boulder alignments, some several hundred metres long divided the hillside into large enclosures. In Area 3 two archaeological sites were found within the proposed planting area and a further four sites lay within a delineated area to the north and east of the proposed planting area. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Miket, R.. 1995. Proposed Forestry: Archaeological Assessment Ardtreck, Glen Drynoch & Beinn Conchra. Dualchas Museums' Service. 07/03/1995. .

Related Monuments/Buildings (20)

  • Allt Na Linne Ruaidhe (Monument)
  • Boundary dyke - south of Allt na Lucha, Kintail (Monument)
  • House - Crossal, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Hut circle - Allt Na Linne Ruaidhe, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Hut circle - Allt Na Linne Ruaidhe, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Hut circle - Crossal, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Pen - south of Allt na Lucha, Kintail (Monument)
  • Pen - southwest of Loch Thollaidh, Kintail (Monument)
  • Possible twinning pen - south of Allt na Lucha, Kintail (Monument)
  • Quarry pit - Allt Na Linne Ruaidhe, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Quarry pit - west of Crossal, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Shieling - south of Allt na Lucha, Kintail (Monument)
  • Shieling - south of Allt na Lucha, Kintail (Monument)
  • Shieling - west of Crossal, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Shieling group - west of Crossal, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Shieling hut group - west of Crossal, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Shieling huts - Glen Drynoch, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Shieling huts - Glen Drynoch, Bracadale (Monument)
  • Stone setting - south of Loch Thollaidh, Kintail (Monument)
  • Turf-built house - west of Crossal, Bracadale (Monument)

Record last edited

Oct 20 2014 3:09PM

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