Monument record MHG9000 - Ring ditch etc, N of Conan Mains

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Grid reference Centred NH 5319 5360 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH55SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish URQUHART AND LOGIE WESTER

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NH55SW 19 5320 5360 to 5324 5358.

NH 532 536. Air photography has revealed the crop-marks of a ring-ditch and a pit-circle among indeterminate crop-markings N of Conan Mains farmsteading. The ring-ditch measures about 12 m in diameter; the pit-circle lies 16 m to the NW and measures about 10 m in diameter. Visible on RCAHMS air photographs RC 1783-5 (flown 1977), RC 1879-81 (flown 1978).

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  • --- 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. . 16, No. 88.
  • --- Text/Publication/Monograph: Harding and Lee, A F and G E. 1987. Henge monuments and related sites of Great Britain: air photographic evidence and catalogue. Brit Ser. 175. 369, 372, No. 270; plan, 368.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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