Monument record MHG54531 - Farmstead and enclosure - Loch Achonachie (Allt na Fainich/Seileach Mor)

Summary

Farmstead and enclosure at Loch Achonachie (Allt na Fainich/Seileach Mor)

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 4251 5444 (87m by 90m)
Map sheet NH45SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish URRAY

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

This farmstead and enclosure (Allt na Fainich/Seileach Mor) were recorded by NOSAS in 2007 as part of the Scotland's Rural Past Project.- NH 42516 54470. At an altitude of 100m on a north facing slope and on a small terrace above and to the south of the Allt na Fainich. To the west lies an extensive area of improved land at a lower level. Marked on FES.

213 Farmstead - NH 42516 54470 - Ruined walls of a rectangular building, on an E-W axis, measuring overall 14m x 6m. There are 2 compartments - main/east compartment has internal dimensions 8m x 3.5m and the smaller west compartment has internal dimensions 3m x 3.5m. The walls of roughly dressed stone are generally 0.8m thickness and 0.5m height. Squared corners.

214 Enclosure - NH 42504 54430 A small area of improved land immediately adjacent to farmstead 213 is surrounded by a low stone and turf bank on the east and south sides. A stream appears to define the west side although there is a further stretch of turf bank on the other side of the stream a few metres to the north. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Marshall, M.. 2009. A Project to Identify, Survey and Record Archaeological Remains in Strathconon, Ross-shire: Report of Phase One Scatwell and Lower Strathconon. North of Scotland Archaeological Society. 23/01/2009. Digital. P 33 Sites 213, 214.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 26 2017 10:51AM

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