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EHG3101 - Desk-based assessment and rapid walkover survey, Loch Choire, Farr

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Catherine Dagg

Date

April 2009

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© Catherine Dagg. id: 34143 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 4. Bank or consumption dyke NW of kiln barn . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34142 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 4. Kiln barn north of township enclosure . From NW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34141 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 4. Bowl of corn kiln attached to kiln barn north of township enclosure . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34140 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 4. Rectangular enclosure immediately north of existing forestry . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34139 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 4. Township features lying within existing forestry: rectangular enclosure . From NW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34138 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 1. View north up glen of Allt Coire na Fearna towards Loch Choire showing green grazing land . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34137 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Catherine Dagg. id: 34136 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Catherine Dagg. id: 34135 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Catherine Dagg. id: 34134 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Catherine Dagg. id: 34133 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Catherine Dagg. id: 34132 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Catherine Dagg. id: 34131 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Catherine Dagg. id: 34130 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 1. View south down glen of Allt Coire na Fearna showing grazing land and stalkers path . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34129 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 7. Turf and rubble dyke east of shieling huts, visible running up centre of picture. From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34128 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 7. Possible shieling hut d. . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34127 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 7. Shieling hut c. . From SE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34126 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 7. Shieling hut c. . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34125 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 7. Shieling hut c. . From NW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34124 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 7. Shieling hut b. . From NW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34123 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 7. Shieling hut a. . From E . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34122 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 7. Shieling hut a. . From W . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34121 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 5. Main enclosure, long shieling structure . From NW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34120 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 5. Third enclosure viewed from second enclosure, visible as grassy oval in centre of picture . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34119 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 1. Detail of features on alluvial fan . From NE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34118 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 5. Main enclosure viewed from second enclosure, occupying level ground in middle of picture . From SW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34117 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 5. Second enclosure, SW part of enclosing dyke . From SW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34116 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 5. Second enclosure, field clearance pile . From NE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34115 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 5. Main enclosure, footings of large shieling hut . From NW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34114 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 5. Main enclosure, footings of shieling hut . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34113 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 5. Third small enclosure viewed from main enclosure, visible as slightly green oval to right of woodland . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34112 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 5. Second enclosure viewed from first, main enclosure visible as grassy oval at base of slope, centre of picture . From NE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34111 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 4. Sheep shelter: entrance . From S . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34110 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 4. Sheep shelter within township enclosure . From N . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34109 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 4. Footings of long building within enclosure . From NW . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34108 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Site 1. View of alluvial fan containing features . From NE . © Catherine Dagg. id: 34107 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Documents (1)

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SHG24525_LochChoire.pdf — Survey report © Catherine Dagg. id: 118227 (click to open this file in a new window)

Description

A desk-based assessment folllowed by a rapid walkover survey took place to evaluate the impact of a proposed woodland creation scheme. The survey targeted areas considered to have the greatest potential for unrecorded sites. A number of sites dating to the Bronze/Iron Age and Early Modern periods were identified. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG24525 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dagg, C. 04/2009. Loch Choire, Farr, Sutherland: Woodland Creation and Management - Archaeological Evaluation. Unaffiliated. Digital.

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Location

Location	Loch Choire Estate, Farr
Grid reference	Centred NC 63989 29224 (5517m by 5795m) (4 map features)
Map sheet	NC62NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Operational Area	CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

MHG12513 Alltnaba (Monument)
MHG10494 Farmstead, Coire Na Fearna (Monument)
MHG12669 Shieling huts and enclosures, Snow Burn (Monument)
MHG52948 Shieling huts, north of Allt a Chuilinn Mor (Monument)

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Nov 27 2014 11:05AM

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