Monument record MHG55319 - Circular enclosure and associated features, Druim Mor
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred NH 5752 6615 (38m by 38m) |
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Map sheet | NH56NE |
Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
Civil Parish | KILTEARN |
Map
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
Douglas Scott posted the following on the Highland HER Facebook page:
"I was up on the Druim Mor ridge yesterday replotting the cupmarks that Bob Gourlay and I found 25 years ago and came across a 40m wide ditched enclosure. Its grid is NH 5751 6615. The ditch is about 2m wide by about 0.5m deep and is best on its south east side. There is no sign of an entrance but the road has cut through the enclosures western sideā¦ There are also what looks like the remains of a few round houses within the enclosure. Google Earth shows quite a number of other round houses scattered around the fields to the east and west, so it must have been quite a sizeable village."
Photographs and an annotated map were also posted. <1>
The first edition 25 inch OS Map depicts a long building (potentially a long house), a small enclosure and one, possibly two, much smaller associated buildings. The buildings were all roofed and in use as of c.1875. <2>
The second edition 25 inch OS Map shows no trace of the buildings and so it could be suggested that by c.1906, the buildings had been demolished. <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG25262 Interactive Resource/Webpage: Highland Council. 2011. Highland HER Facebook page. Yes. Douglas Scott, 04/10/2011.
- <2> SHG23422 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1871-76. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 25 inch map: Ross-shire. Digital.
- <3> SHG23423 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1904. Ordnance Survey 2nd edition 25 inch map: Ross-shire. Digital.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 8 2014 3:29PM