Monument record MHG7075 - Banchor
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 9022 4058 (224m by 242m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH94SW |
| Old County | NAIRNSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | ARDCLACH |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Centred at NH 902 405 on a SE-facing slope are two circular stone-walled huts (A and B) with a contemporary field system.
Hut 'A' set into the slope measures c. 12m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to an indefinite width. The ill-defined entrance is in the ESE. A clearance heap lies against the wall outside the hut in the W. The hut has recently had a drain cut through it. Immediately to the N of the hut are traces of what may be another c.8.5m in diameter.
Hut 'B', c. 12m in diameter between wall centres, is denuded. The wall is spread to c. 3m at the simple entrance in the E, but is ill-defined elsewhere.
The field system comprises stone clearance heaps and lynchets, with cultivation plots varying between c. 45m by c. 25m and c. 20m by c.10m.
Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (A A) 23 February 1971.
A large group of cairns is visible on a gentle S-facing slope about 1km W of banchor. Lynchets, plots and hut-circles recorded by the OS were not visible in dense heather at the date of visit.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2672 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. . 11, No. 52.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 24 2016 2:26PM
