MHG24518 - Deer trap - Lochan Dubh

Summary

Deer trap - Lochan Dubh

Type and Period (1)

DEER TRAP (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)

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None recorded

Full Description

The Inverness Field Club, led by Donald Coghill, surveyed a number of sites in the Aird area between 1987 and 1989. Tumbled down stone walling of an elrig for trapping deer in a narrow pass. <1>
S E Jacks 1989.

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (T. Blackie 21/06/23)

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG2356 Text/Manuscript: Jacks, S E (ed.). 1989. Some unrecorded sites in the Aird noted between Oct 1987 & May 1989. Inverness Field Club. Digital. no. 83.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4990 3360 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH43SE
Civil Parish	URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/116590 (View HER Canmore entry for this site)

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