MHG24972 - Enclosure, Garvie Bay

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  • ENCLOSURE (Undated)

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NC01SW 26 0380 1408

On the W side of Garvie Bay, about 550m NNW of the outfall from Loch Garvie, a teardrop-shaped enclosure has been hollowed out of the top of the storm beach. It measures 8.3m NW-SE by 4.6m transversely within walls formed of piled beach pebbles, 1.4m in thickness and standing up to 1m above the level of the interior. The entrance is in the SE end.
(ACHIL94 467)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 10 August 1994

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Grid reference Centred NC 0379 1408 (60m by 60m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NC01SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish LOCHBROOM

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