Monument record MHG54824 - Peat track - Loch Achonachie
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NH 41765 54909 (point) |
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Map sheet | NH45SW |
Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
Civil Parish | CONTIN |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Loch Achonachie (Allt na Criche/Drumandarroch). Probable Peat track and peat cuttings (229 – 231) Centred on NH 41765 54910. Two areas of peat cuttings are to be seen at circa110m contour, 500m and 700m to the SW of the large enclosure at Drumandarrach were surveyed by NOSAS in 2007 as part of the Scotland's Rural Past Project. The overgrown remains of a constructed track, possibly a peat track, can be traced from Drumandarroch to the two areas.
229 Probable Peat track - The track is in 2 sections: - N section from NH 42054 55221 to NH 41810 54987. The remains of a constructed track climb the hill to the SW from the farmstead to the west of the large enclosure at Drumandarroch and stops at the peat
cuttings, site 230. The track is c400m long and 2 metres wide in places but generally overgrown with heather - S section from NH 41824 54737 to NH 41906 54683 is roughly 100m long and more overgrown. It climbs the hill in a NW-SE direction out of a small valley to reach peat cuttings, site 231
230 Peat cuttings - centred on NH 41765 54910 A level marshy area aligned E-W with evidence of peat banks, roughly 250m x 150m
231 Peat cuttings - centred on NH 41882 54601 A level marshy area aligned NNE-SSW with evidence of peat banks, roughly 300m x 200m. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24094 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. 35,36 Sites 229 - 231.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Apr 25 2017 9:55AM