Monument record MHG43266 - Cropmarks, 600m NE of Tomich House, Windhill

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 5349 4850 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH54NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish URRAY

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Ring ditch most visible feature on APs, but there are at least 2 phases of field systems in this field on a diff alignment to the current road system and they have attached enclosures/prob occupation sites. Recorded under separate numbers NH54NW0175-6 RCAHMS C52845 07/1995 - HAW 12/2002

NH54NW 21 535 485.

NH 535 485. Air photography has revealed the crop-mark of a ring-ditch 600 m NE of Tomich House; it measures about 5 m in diameter within a ditch about 1.5 m broad.
RCAHMS 1979; Visible on RCAHMS air Photograph RC 1413-4, flown 1976.

No surface traces visible. Visited by OS 20 January 1978

Further aerial photographs have been taken of this site, which appear to show it as a double pit circle. (See Archive for details.)
Information from J Harden 1989.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 17, No. 93.
  • --- Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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