MHG29113 - Possible iron working site at Acherault
Summary
Possible iron working site at Acherault
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Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A report and photos sent in by Mr N H Harbord, Cleveland - " Much work has been done on this single track road recently and, at the point given, the road has cut through a small platform with a low cairn lying about 6m (estimated) off the roadside. The edge of the platform, where cut by the road working, reveals a large number of small hemispherical iron-rich slag pieces (many broken) with a large quantity washed into the roadside ditch. Accompanying the slag pieces was one piece of pale grey mottled flint, angular and probably debitage. Whatever the previous use of this site, the slag pieces would suggest it was used during the Iron Age." <1>
Information added by A M Fox, Highland Council Archaeology Unit
A walkover survey of the area around east of An Garbh Uillt (The Rough Burn) was undertaken in 2015 by Rough Bounds Archaeology et al.
Site 27. Possible remains of built feature right by the road. <2>
Note. The Rough Bounds Rhu survey indicates this site (26) is that of the 2 x c.3m diameter cairns noted by Derek Alexander as possible clearance cairns - which are north of the single track road. <3>
However, the grid reference provided by Mr Harbord in 1999 places the site south of the road and may refer to Site 27 "Possible remains of built feature right by the road" in the Rhu survey -see MHG60377.
Site not visible on aerial photographs so location approximate. (T. Blackie 20/5/19)
Sources/Archives (8)
- --- SHG13509 Image/Photograph(s): Arisaig, Iron Working Site.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG13510 Image/Photograph(s): Arisaig, Iron Working Site.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG13511 Image/Photograph(s): Arisaig, Iron Working Site.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG13512 Image/Photograph(s): Arisaig, Iron Working Site.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG13514 Image/Photograph(s): Arisaig, Iron Working Site.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- <1> SHG13513 Image/Photograph(s): Arisaig, Iron Working Site.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- <2> SHG27494 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Rough Bounds Archaeology. 2016. Walkover Survey - Rhu Peninsula. Rough Bounds Archaeology. Digital. p.116 Site 27.
- <3> SHG21370 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Alexander, D.. 1994. Arisaig, Lochaber District, Highland Region: Archaeological Survey. Centre for Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh. 30/01/1994. Paper and Digital. p.18 No;2.1.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 6550 8509 (14m by 14m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM68NE |
| Civil Parish | ARISAIG AND MOIDART |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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