Monument record MHG28605 - Possible Site of Prehistoric Settlement, Kinbeachie Farm

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6285 6210 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH66SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish URQUHART AND LOGIE WESTER

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Full Description

I am not sure why this grid reference has been recorded for these details. Mr Fraser lives across the road and the finds have all been made over there. See SMR NH66SW0022.
JW
18-3-04

NH66SW 28 Centred on 6285 6210
NH c623 627 A hut circle has been found within this mature plantation by Mr Fraser. It is heavily overgrown and its exact position is uncertain. There are remains of possible clearance cairns in vicinity.
NH c. 623 625 Possible hut circle, heavily disturbed.
NH 6273 6253 In January 1993 an area of charcoal-blackened stones was found 2ft below ground surface during laying of a waterpipe. These were removed by farmer, Mr Fraser, to reveal a stone cut basin 50in by 37in and 1.5ft deep and filled with an apparently featureless deposit of yellow sand. One sherd of pottery was found beneath stones.
NH 6233 6217 In January 1993 ploughing the headland beside road disturbed a group of stones and examination by Mr Fraser produced a sherd of pottery identified as early Neolithic by T Cowie, National Museums of Scotland. Limited excavation in September 1995 suggested this may have been a post socket and it is hoped to obtain a C14 date from carbonised hazelnut shells found within this feature.
Fieldwalking has produced a number of flint flakes from this farm including a leaf-shaped arrowhead. All finds have been deposited with Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. <1>

Further excavations and published report. <3>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Text/Publication/Article: Wordsworth, J. 1995. 'Kinbeachie Farm (Urquhart & Logie Wester parish), Neolithic pottery, hut circles', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1995, p.45. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 45. 45.
  • <2> Text/Publication/Article: Phillips, T and Watson, A. 2000. The living and the dead in northern Scotland 3500-2000 BC. Antiquity Volume 74. 786-92. p 286.
  • <3> Text/Publication/Article: Barclay, G J et al. 2001. A possible Neolithic settlement at Kinbeachie, Black Isle, Highland. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Volume 131. 57-85. Digital.

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Record last edited

Jun 13 2016 4:50PM

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