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MHG28589 - Allt nan Gobhar

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NH41NW 16 4368 1930

A possible farmstead, comprising three drystone buildings, within a complex of drystone dykes, was recorded on a sloping terrace to the W of the Allt nan Gobhar and overlooking the Allt Saigh during a pre-afforestation survey by Wordsworth Archaeological Services (NMRS MS 961/25, no.1). The most prominent building measures 11m by 3m whilst the other two measure 8m by 3m. A fourth building also measuring 8m by 3m and reduced to footings, lies to the SE adjacent to the modern forestry boundary. Although there is no evidence of rig, the series of stone dykes suggest that this area was formerly cultivated rather than for just pasturing animals.
At the N end of the dykes, a sinuous dyke runs parallel with the Allt nan Gobhar, before running E to join a head-dyke (NH41NW 17).
J Kendrick and J Wordsworth (Wordsworth Archaeological Services) 15 December 1997; NMRS MS 961/25, no.1

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4368 1930 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH41NW
Civil Parish	URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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