Monument record MHG45975 - Loch Vatachan
Summary
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NC 011 110 (20m by 20m) |
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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> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 116408.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM