Monument record MHG28589 - Allt nan Gobhar
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 4368 1930 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NH41NW |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Fri 10 Mar 2000
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NH41NW 16 4368 1930
A possible farmstead, comprising three drystone buildings, within a complex of drystone dykes, was recorded on a sloping terrace to the W of the Allt nan Gobhar and overlooking the Allt Saigh during a pre-afforestation survey by Wordsworth Archaeological Services (NMRS MS 961/25, no.1). The most prominent building measures 11m by 3m whilst the other two measure 8m by 3m. A fourth building also measuring 8m by 3m and reduced to footings, lies to the SE adjacent to the modern forestry boundary. Although there is no evidence of rig, the series of stone dykes suggest that this area was formerly cultivated rather than for just pasturing animals.
At the N end of the dykes, a sinuous dyke runs parallel with the Allt nan Gobhar, before running E to join a head-dyke (NH41NW 17).
J Kendrick and J Wordsworth (Wordsworth Archaeological Services) 15 December 1997; NMRS MS 961/25, no.1
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG21183 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth J. 1997. An Archaeological Survey of a proposed Woodland Grant Scheme at Allt Saigh, Balmacaan. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. 15/12/1997. Digital (scanned as PDF).
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Record last edited
Jul 6 2016 12:41PM
