Monument record MHG19702 - Glen Glass, 'Garabil'
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5610 6900 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH56NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | ALNESS |
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Centred 561 690.
This site consists of the footings of five features, of drystone construction, overgrown with gorse and is now in very boggy ground of bog myrtle and juniper. The name appears on first edition 6" OS map with ruin and has an entry in OS name book, but local and estate enquiries have turned up no further info. (1) Turf-covered footings measuring 4.5m by 3m: walls are 1m thick. (2) Enclosure measuring 13m by 7.5m. (3) Footings measuring 6m by 3m, with a large pile of stones at one end. (4) Thick-walled feature, very overgrown with whins, measuring 12m by 3m. (5) An enclosure measuring c 6m by 6m.
In field to NW are large clearance heaps. The site may be Norse in origin.
M Macdonald 1994a.
What may be a township, comprising four unroofed buildings (NB in row HAW 6/2003) and a head-dyke are depicted on 1st edition of OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire & Cromartyshire 1881, sheet lxiv), but they are not shown on current edition of OS 1:10000 map (1992).
Info from RCAHMS (AKK) 29 February 1996.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG832 Text/Publication/Article: Macdonald, M. 1994. 'Garabil, Glen Glass (Alness parish): settlement', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1994, p.38. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 38. 38.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 13 2016 12:00AM
