MHG26707 - Probable drove road - Holme Wood
Summary
Probable drove road in Holme Wood
Type and Period (2)
- DROVE ROAD (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- TURF BANK (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status
- 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. Balabek Brae.
The public road runs between two roughly parallel turf walls at the edge of and in a fir wood on each side of the road. The road changes alignment slightly, and therefore is not equidistant to the turf walls throughout their length. The distance the turf walls are apart appears to indicate that there was an old route here for driving livestock, perhaps to and from summer sheilings higher up as at OS 582433 (No. 50). <1>
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <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. 101. XY
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map).
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5763 4398 (239m by 621m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH54SE |
| Civil Parish | KIRKHILL |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/116714 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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