Monument record MHG3494 - Wester Caulan

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6805 3652 (408m by 277m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH63NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Full Description

NH63NE 27 Centred on 6815 3645

(Group: NH 680 365) Field Clearance
Visited by OS (E G C) 5 September 1963

This field clearance is from cultivation associated with depopulated at Achnagroug (See NH63NE 25) and with a depopulated steading at NH 6814 3645.
Visited by OS (R L) 22 January 1970

6815 3645: What may be a farmstead comprising three small unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1875, sheet xx). Two unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 June 1996

NH 690 380 During January 1996, GUARD undertook a field survey at Drummossie Muir, near Inverness, in advance of proposed developments by the Pig Improvement Company Ltd.
Approximately 40% of the area designated was found to be inaccessible due to forestry or tree-fall. These areas were subsequently checked on aerial photographs at RCAHMS.
S6 NH 6814 3655 Sub-rectangular stone structure, with connecting linear stone feature. Within NMRS NH 63 NE 27.
S7 NH 6835 3647 Field dyke remains.
S8 NH 6830 3650 ?Structure remains.
Sponsor: Aspinwall & Co Ltd
K Speller 1996

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Speller, K. 1996. 'Drummossie Muir (Daviot and Dunlichty parish), field survey'', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1996, p.61. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 61. 61.

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Record last edited

May 20 2016 11:45AM

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