Monument record MHG7033 - Camp, Delnies

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Grid reference Centred NH 8482 5659 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH85NW
Old County NAIRNSHIRE
Civil Parish NAIRN
Geographical Area NAIRN

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NH85NW 6 8482 5658.

(NH 8482 5658) Icehouse (NAT)
OS 6" map, Nairnshire, 2nd ed., (1906)

A round earthwork at Delnies, now the site of the icehouse of a salmon-fishery, is traditionally regarded as a Roman camp.
G Bain 1893.

The former ice-house, now a store, is situated on a natural whin-covered hillock which contains no man-made features.
No further info obtained. Visited by OS (NKB) 22 11 1965.

A natural hillock covered by whin and mutilated by the construction of an ice-house and a golf-course green.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Bain, G. 1893. History of Nairnshire. 2nd ed.. 32.
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1978. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region. . 24, No. 203.

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Apr 30 2010 11:54AM

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