Monument record MHG45975 - Loch Vatachan

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 011 110 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet NC01SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish LOCHBROOM

Map

Type and Period (5)

Full Description

NMRS Report: (26/07/2001)
NC01SW 35 centred on 011 110

35.01 NC 0108 1088 Hut-circles; Banks; Small cairns (ACHIL94 419, 447-8, 452)
35.02 NC 0117 1103 Shieling-huts; Enclosures; Banks; Lazy-beds (ACHIL94 449-51, 453)

On the bracken and heather covered hillside above the W shore of Loch Vatachan, to either side of the Allt Braigh an' t Stratha, there is a group of features comprising four hut-circles, five shieling-huts, several lengths of bank, fragmentary enclosures, a scatter of small cairns and a small area of lazy-bed cultivation. The hut-circles are situated on higher ground than the shieling-huts; they and the banks and small cairns around them are described under NC01SW 35.01. The shieling-huts and the remaining features are described under NC01SW 35.02.
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 10 August 1994


Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 116408.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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