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MHG26451 - Burnton township

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Township, corn drying kiln, stack stands, enclosure

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NH82NW 36 8243 2875

A township, comprising eight unroofed buildings and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1875, sheet xxxii). Five unroofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1982).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 3 July 1996.

This township (also known as Tombreak) of 7 buildings, a corn drying kiln, an enclosure and two platforms which may be stack stands, is in an exposed position at an altitude of 400m. There appears to be 3 phases to the township – an older phase, a more recent phase and a single building, (building 1) which may be a shooting lodge and may be contemporary with the more recent phase. For details of buildings and other structures, see report. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 8242 2875 (140m by 140m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH82NW
Civil Parish	MOY AND DALAROSSIE
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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