Monument record MHG28634 - Dalnamein

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 7253 9860 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH79NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DORNOCH

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Fri 10 Mar 2000
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NH79NW 44 Centred on 7253 9860

cNH 728 987 Three rectangular, turf-covered footings measuring 5m by 4m, 8m by 2.75m and 10m by 3m approximately.
cNH 725 987 Turf-covered footings of a two-compartment building c5m by 3m and 10.5m by 3m.
ce NH 723 988 Large area of rig cultivation.
NH 724 985 Footings of another cruciform house with the outline of three small buildings nearby. Downhill and a few yards to the W of this are four small circular depressions.
NH 722 985 Heather-covered corn-drying kiln, near E end of an enclosure. Bowl c1.5m.
NH 725 985 Faint outline of a three-compartment building, measuring 11.5m by 2m. This is between
two large, turf-covered arcs of stones.
Below the modern house of Dalnamein is an area of cultivation rigs.
NH 727 986 Possible remains of corn-drying kiln.
NH 726 986 Turf-covered outline of rectangular enclosure, 16m by 10m.
A stretch of turf and stone dyke, terminating in a sunken, walled enclosure at the bottom of the slope (NH 726 987). 10m to the E of this enclosure is a small grave with headstone revealing letters BIDDY.
NH 727 985 Corn-drying kiln.
Turf-covered footings of a long building with three compartments, measuring 16.5m by 2-4m being wider at the W end.
Sponsor: Tain Archaeological Group 1995.
M Macdonald 1995.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Dalnamain. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Dalnamain. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Dalnamain. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Macdonald, M. 1995. 'Dalnamein (Dornoch parish), multi-period', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1995, p.47. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 47. 47; Fig 18.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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