Monument record MHG24015 - Boblainy Forest

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 4716 3638 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH43NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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NH43NE 14 4717 3638

(Location cited as NH 471 363). Stone walling of dwellings and enclosures in spruce wood, some of which has been damaged by a water main. There are the ruins of a kiln 4 yds (3.7m) in diameter at the E side of the township. At NH 489 377 there is a robbed low oval cairn measuring 5yds by 4 yds (4.6m by 3.7m) with three kerbstones. To the NE, and opposite Clunvackie Cottage (NH 488 378), there are ancoent stone-footings.
S E Jacks 1989.

A farmstead, comprising four unroofed buildings, three enclosures and two lengths of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1875, sheet xviii). Three unroofed buildings, three enclosures and some short lengths of field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 16 May 1996.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Manuscript: Jacks, S E (ed.). 1989. Some unrecorded sites in the Aird noted between Oct 1987 & May 1989. Inverness Field Club. Digital. no. 105.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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