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MHG57640 - Possible Building, Carnoch West

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Possible Building at Carnoch West

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Carnoch West

Possible township, enclosures, stack bases, stepping stones, cultivation remains and field boundaries (845, 846, 850, 883 - 886, 197 and 198) - centred on NH 2453 5090 Alternative name Allt a’Charnaich.
This area is to the south west of Carnoch Farm at the east end of Loch Beannacharrain and on the north side of the river. The Allt a’Charnaich issues onto the valley floor at this point and its course appears to have been redirected so that it now enters the loch instead of taking a more easterly course. The features are situated on both side of the road. On the upper side of the road above a modern building known as the “Old Yacht Club” several lengths of dry stone walling, with an enclosure in the west part and the remains of 2 possible buildings (one of which is 250m upstream to the north) are found. The majority of this part of the site has been planted with trees and there is a great deal of windblow and trenching. Below and to the south of the road there are two large grassy fields with a possible building, an area of rig and furrow cultivation and the stack bases within the west one. The stepping stones and bridge abutments are at the outlet of Loch Beannacharain.

Below the road:
197 Possible building - NH 24609 50949 A raised platform on the lower side of the ruined stone wall may be the remains of a building, aligned N-S, which has been bisected by the wall. The platform is roughly 1m in height and measures 4m x 4m, it has a depressed centre. This may be all that remains of a possible township which has been destroyed by road building, dyke construction and re-alignment of the Carnoch burn. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2015 APs <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 2460 5096 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH25SW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	CONTIN

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