Monument record MHG47249 - Glaichoile

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 40395 30857 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet NH43SW
Civil Parish KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Full Description

NMRS Report: (27/05/2004)
NH43SW 43 40395 30858

On a bracken-grown S-facing terrace there is a farmstead comprising a rectangular building and an enclosure. The building measures 9.1m from E to W by 3.8m transversely within faced rubble walls 0.7m in thickness by 1.2m in height. There is an entrance on the S. The enclosure, which lies to the W, is constructed of drystone-rubble, and measures about 45m from N to S by 30m transversely, and its N wall incorporates an outcrop of rock bearing the cupmarks described under NH4SW ). The building is depicted roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet xxviii) and the S half of the enclosure is also shown, with additional compartments on its W side and annotated 'Sheepfold'.
(URQ97 499)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 24 October 1997


Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 259328.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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