Monument record MHG48400 - Ranachanmore

NMRS Report: (21/04/2005)
NM76SE 28 c.79 61

NM 79 61 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey of part of the in-by land of the former township of Ranachanmore were carried out in October 2003. This revealed the transition from an essentially medieval field system in 1807 to regular enclosure by 1872, with turf dykes being replaced by post and wire fences before 1897. Creel houses continued in use until at least 1825, although the proprietor, Murray of Stanhope, decreed that the construction of such houses should be a nullity of tack in 1725. The following sites were recorded.

NM 7994 6150 Rectangular recessed platform, 9.1 x 6.6m.
NM 7992 6155 Rectangular recessed platform/building, 7 x 3.3m.
NM 7969 6161 House and contiguous byre with long axis N-S. House, 8.25 x 4.6m; byre, 10.2 x 4.6m.
NM 7971 6162 Enclosure.
NM 7964 6150 Clearance cairn.
NM 7982 6140 Rectangular stance with building, 11.1 x 5m.
NM 7982 6170 Extensive area of peat banks.
NM 7979 6126 Boat slip.
NM 7971 6120 Wharf.
NM 7901 6129 House platform and garden bounded by remains of hawthorn hedge.
NM 7891 6150 ?Fish trap.
NM 7890 6113 Canalisation of the burn to allow access to the mill at NM 7896 6125.
NM 7890 6112 Boat slip/wharf.
NM 7901 6128 Boat slip.
NM 7932 6114 House and garden.
NM 7930 6105 Quarry, ?wharf; and boat landings.
NM 7994 6162 Turf structure, 6.6 x 2.3m.
NM 7939 6139 Enclosure, c 10 x 11m, enclosing building, c 7 x 3m.
NM 7942 6144 Extensive area of peat banks.
NM 7939 6151 Stone and turf mound.
NM 7943 6159 Farm steading comprising: house platform, 8.75 x 4.75m; garden, c 26 x 12m; two oval stone and turf
structures, 6.5 x 3m and 5 x 3m; and turf mound, c 3m diameter.
NM 7931 6169 Small enclosure set within angle of turf dyke.
NM 7930 6166 Enclosure.
NM 7930 6159 Rectangular recessed house platform, 13 x 6m. Sherd of unglazed pottery recovered from molehill below
this structure.
NM 7907 6152 Lime kiln.
NM 7930 6146 Stone, 1.9 x 0.3 x 0.3m, lying in small burn. Every other stone in survey area was either glacial erratic or
quarried granite.
NM 7931 6133 Clearance cairn.
NM 7895 6130 Parliamentary bridge, Curtis Type 1. Span 6.2m.
NM 7932 6149 Settlement comprising: slightly elevated house platform, 11 x 6m. Rectangular recessed platform, 17 x 4m,
supporting three structures: stone and turf structure, 4.3 x.3m; partially obscured by mound, 4m diameter;
and structure 8.5 x 4m. Rectangular recessed platform, 9 x 4.5m. Rectangular recessed platform, 9 x 4m.
Rectangular turf structure with rounded corners, 6 x 4.5m. Rectangular turf structure, 4 x 2m. End walls of
two structures, 3.5m wide.
Sponsor: Sunart Oakwoods Research Group.
J E Kirby, M Gascoigne and P J Madden 2003