EHG5390 - Walkover survey - Afforestable Land Survey: Kingussie

A walkover survey of an area to the northwest of Kingussie was carried out by RCAHMS in 1995 as part of their Afforestable Land Survey project. The fieldwork was conducted in an area of 105 km² to the west of Kingussie, extending to the head of Glen Banchor. The survey revealed a much greater density of prehistoric settlement in this part of Upper Speyside than the existing record suggested, 32 hut-circles being recorded where only eight were known before. Huge numbers of buildings of the post-medieval period were also mapped, including groups of shielings in the Monadliath Mountains at altitudes as great as 800m (2625 feet), the highest yet recorded in Scotland.<1> <2>