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MHG14931 - Buildings - Carnoch Mor

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Two buildings, situated near the head of an unnamed burn below Carnach Mor.

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Two buildings, situated near the head of an unnamed burn below Carnach Mor, were recorded during a survey of the West Affric estate by J Wordsworth for the National Trust for Scotland. Both are constructed of large random rubble and the walls have a distinct batter. Both structures are about 9m long by 4.5m with 0.7m thick walls at the base tapering to 0.55m and up to 0.8m in height. The doorways are 0.9m wide and are placed 2.5m from the east wall on the south side of each building. Neither building has any evidence of chimneys. The west building is better preserved and has a possible cruck-slot measuring 150mm to 200mm in width, situated 0.75m from the east wall. From the nature of the wall collapse there were another two cruck-slots making up three sets. There was no obvious arable ground in front of this building and it is likely to have been part of a small shieling. Rectangular ended buildings are generally considered to be later in date than round ended buildings and the stone walled rather than turf walled construction would also make this later. It is unlikely to have been built after sheep were introduced and therfore is likely to be early 19th in construction. Although the buildings are not depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1875, sheet l) they are shown, roofless, on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971). <1>

NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 0926 2084 (29m by 18m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH02SE
Civil Parish	KILMORACK
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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