Battlefield record MHG8738 - Whitebog Wood

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 7376 6294 (910m by 666m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH76SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish CROMARTY

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Site of Battle (NR) (Supposed to have been between Danes and Scots) (NAT)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)

Nothing further is known of this battle, except it is explanation of all cairns which lie on the surrounding moors. Name Book 1871.

Not a battle site, but a poorly preserved field system centred at NH 737 630 in cleared woodland on a gentle N-facing slope. It comprises denuded stone clearance heaps, field walls and lynchets, which form cultivation plots of a type usually found in association with hut circles. Where best preserved in the NE, two fields measure 20.0m x 15.0m and 30.0m x 20.0m.
Visited by OS (N K B) 23 November 1970.

No change. Visited by OS (N K B) 10 January 1978.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 11, No. 44.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 8, 68.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

May 25 2016 4:10PM

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