Monument record MHG437 - Motte, Old Petty

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 7382 4986 (60m by 60m)
Map sheet NH74NW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish PETTY
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Full Description

NH74NW 3 7383 4987 and 7363 4977.

(NH 7383 4987) Tumulus (NR), (NH 7363 4977) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)

There are two mounds to the W of Petty Church, 150' in circumference at the base, 120' at the top and 42' high. In 1875, while a man was ploughing, his horse fell into an underground structure "at the very base" of one of them.
G Anderson 1831; Jolly 1885; ISSFC 1885.

At NH 7383 4987 is a motte scarped from a natural sand-hill. It measures c. 45.0m overall by c. 5.5m high and has a level oval top measuring about 20.0m NE-SW by 16.0m.
Revised at 1/2500 (OS {E C G} 26 April 1962).
The mound, at NH 7363 4977, is a natural sand-hill of similar proportions. The N and E sides appear to have been steepened, but this is probably the result of quarrying sand which has mutilated the surrounding area.
No evidence is to be seen of the underground structure mentioned by Anderson and Jolly.
Visited by OS (I S S) 30 March 1973.

Air photographs, taken by Jill Harden in 1989, are in Inverness Museum (8905.02-04 INVMG).
Information from J Harden 1989.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Yeoman, P A. 1988. 'Mottes in Northeast Scotland', Scot Archaeol Rev Vol. 5 1988, p.125-33. Scot Archaeol Rev. 125-33. 131, 132, nos. 76 and 107.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, G. 1831. 'On some of the stone circles and cairns in the neighbourhood of Inverness', Archaeol Scot Vol. 3 1831, p.211-22. Archaeol Scot. 211-22. 220.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: ISSFC. 1885. 'Raigmore and Petty {excursion to}', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 1 1875-80, p.251-6. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 251-6. 255.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Jolly. 1885. 'Annual meeting, president's address, 31 October 1876', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 1 1875-80, p.45-7. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 45-7. 46.
  • --- 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. . 25, Nos.191-192.
  • --- Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .

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Apr 30 2015 12:08PM

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