MHG3239 - Circular Enclosure, Scaniport Wood

Summary

Site of a circular enclosure with an internal pit circle visible as a cropmark.

Type and Period (1)

  • CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Undated)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Air photography has revealed a variety of cropmarks in the field immediately SE of Scaniport Wood. A fine circular enclosure c14m in diameter lies c250m E of Scaniport. Within it is a pit circle c6m in diameter. (AP nos. 8903.06-10 and 8904.08 held in Inverness Museum; see also Archive.)
Information from J Harden 1989.

See link below to HES Canmore record for aerial photos taken during aerial surveys by RCAHMS in 1996. <1>

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6329 3989 (60m by 60m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH63NW
Civil Parish DORES
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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