Monument record MHG28209 - Possible Fort, Gergask Craig
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NN 6121 9512 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NN69NW |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | LAGGAN |
| Geographical Area | BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
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NN 6123 9513
The remains of an enclosure, measuring 35m East/West by 14m, sit on a rocky knoll, an outlier of Gergask Craig. This is almost certainly the remains of a small fort. The walling is spread around
5m for c5m on the W, N and E sides. The S side is a precipitous crag and is eroding. Nowhere is the walling set in position and it would appear to have been deliberately slighted.
A rowan tree is established on the edge of the S wall and its roots are lifting the soil at this point. A rabbit burrow is evident just to the W of this.
Wordsworth 1997, Site 9 (see Hlinked report)
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User: Admin, Date: Fri 10 Mar 2000
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NN69NW 4 6122 9512
NN 6122 9512 ?Slighted small fort, 35m E-W by 14m N-S.
Copies of the full report are in the NMRS and Highland SMR.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
J Wordsworth 1997
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG20970 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth J. 1997. Gaskbeg Farm Laggan Bridge: An archaeological survey for ESA Management. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. 01/08/1997. Digital (scanned as PDF).
- --- SHG836 Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth, J. 1997. 'Gaskbeg Farm (Laggan parish), ESA management survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1997, p.49. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 49. 49.
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Record last edited
Jun 30 2016 11:50AM
