Monument record MHG2891 - Enclosure, Allanfearn

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Grid reference Centred NH 7206 4752 (199m by 200m)
Map sheet NH74NW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Air photography have revealed the crop-mark of an almost circular enclosure 450m ENE of Allanfearn farmhouse. It measures about 33m in diameter within a single ditch.
RCAHMS 1979; Visible on RCAHMS air photographs IN 2648: flown 1976.

A second feature in the same area, also visible on air photographs, is a dark circular mark, some 13m across, surrounded by extensive areas of pitting.
Information from SDD (HBM), October 1991.

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  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 21, No. 144.
  • --- Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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