MHG26704 - Turf banks and header dam - Lyne

Summary

Turf banks at top of Knockbain Brae

Type and Period (2)

TURF BANK (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
DAM (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. Top of Knockbain Brae. Turf banks of 2 dams divided by an earthen bank to conserve water on the slope. A short distance further south, a turf wall runs down towards the burn, an estate and parish boundary. The header dams were for a waterwheel at Knockbain Farm. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (T. Blackie 08/06/23)

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. 54 (and Appendix 2).

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5559 4250 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH54SE
Civil Parish	KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/116711 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)

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