Monument record MHG39823 - Enclosure, Wagmore
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Location
Grid reference | Centred ND 0020 2669 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | ND02NW |
Old County | CAITHNESS |
Civil Parish | LATHERON |
Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
A turf-walled enclosure on the S bank of the Morven Burn containing on the flood plain to NE a sub-rectangular, turf-covered mound about 9m square with some stone exposed. On higher ground to the W is a rectangular building with a SE annexe measuring 5m N-S by 9m E-W overall. To the W of this is another rectangular building, 4m N-S by 2m E-W, set in a circular hollow 8m in diameter. Further W close to the turf dyke are traces of another rectangular building 3m E-W by 4.5m N-S. I W Stuart 1973; OS 6" map, annotated by I W Stuart.
At ND 002 267, on a dry rise on S side of Morven Burn, is a shieling site comprising at least 5 oval or sub-rectangular huts built of turf, all within an associated enclosure bank around the rise.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 26 October 1982.
An enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xli), and is also shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 16 October 1995.
Stuart, I W, 1973, 'Latheron, Wagmore, enclosure', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1973, p.22, 22 (Text/Publication/Article). SHG1031.
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- --- SHG1031 Text/Publication/Article: Stuart, I W. 1973. 'Latheron, Wagmore, enclosure', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1973, p.22. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 22. 22.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM