Monument record MHG3608 - Midtown

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6268 3340 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH63SW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DORES
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NH63SW 17 6269 3341.

(NH 6266 3342) 'Gravel pit may have been a burial'.
Information from Major C J Shaw to OS 5 Feburary 1962.

At NH 6269 3341 is what appears to be a natural mound that has been largely quarried away in the course of road building, leaving a semi circular rim, on the north side of the road, on which some road building material has been dumped. Similar effects have been created elsewhere along the roadside and there is no evidence of a burial in this instance.
Visited by OS (R D L) 28 August 1963.

This is a natural mound which has been cut through during the construction of the public road from Dunlichity to Dores.
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 17 November 1992.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1994. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Upper Strathnairn, Inverness: an archaeological survey: summary report. .

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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