MHG26710 - Landing Point and Store house - Phopachy
Summary
Ruined landing Point and store houses at Phopachy
Type and Period (2)
- LANDING POINT (Undated)
- STOREHOUSE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1701 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH 64/74 OS 608461 No. 103 Phopachy.
The Inverness Field Club, led by Donald Coghill, surveyed a number of sites in the Aird area between 1987 and 1989. Outwith the arable field and buried under grass are the concrete foundations of a store-house. Adjacent and towards the east there are dislodged blocks of brick walling and footings of another building. At the west side an inlet has been dug, but the entrance is now blocked with beach shingle. Bones and probably guano were landed here during high tides. This haven may have become redundant when John Cran, Kirkton Farm, built his manure factory at Bunchrew Railway Station in 1870. <1>
Stone rubble remains of a landing place and 18th/19th century storehouse. Recorded as part of CFA/MORA Coastal assessment 1998. <2>
1st Edition OS 6" <3>
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 aerial photographs. <4>
Sources/Archives (4)
- <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. 103. XY
- <2> SHG21057 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Cressey, M.. 09/1998. Coastal Assessment Survey Inner Moray Firth: Volume 1 - Inverness to Dingwall. Centre for Field Archaeology. 14/12/1998. Digital (scanned as PDF). NH 6085 4610.
- <3> SHG23411 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1881. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map: Ross-shire. Digital.
- <4> 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 6080 4606 (41m by 37m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH64NW |
| Civil Parish | KIRKHILL |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/116717 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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