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MHG57276 - Building - Loch Achonachie (Allt na Criche/Drumandarroch)

Summary

Building associated with distilling at Loch Achonachie (Allt na Criche/Drumandarroch)

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Distilling sites and potentially associated structures situated on a shoulder ground characterised by rock outcrops and dense heather ground cover above the enclosed fields at Drumindarroch farm to the NE. There are at least four probable still bothies and two other structures distributed above the N bank of the Allt na Criche (NOSAS Site Survey Nos 199 – 204 and 228). Presumably these features were associated with the production of illegal whisky.

This still was recorded by NOSAS in 2007 as part of the Scotland's Rural Past Project. A small D-shaped building (199) situated on the S side of the small valley at NH 41804 55044, much overgrown and concealed beneath an overhanging crag which projects some 0.8m along its length. It measures 3.5m x 2.6m between substantial stone and turf walls which stand 0.6m high with an entrance 0.6m in width. This structure is 100m to the south of a still bothy (MHG54532) and may be a hiding place. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4180 5504 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH45NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	CONTIN

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