MHG4584 - Enclosures - Auchnahannet
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Type and Period (2)
- (Alternate Type) CHURCH? (Undated)
- ENCLOSURE? (Undated)
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- None recorded
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Full Description
NH92NW 5 9750 2701.
At approximately NH 973 272 are the remains of two concentric circles, with nearby a heap of gathered boulders, possibly building stones. It is locally believed to be a church within the "Field of the Temple" (Auchnahannet).
Information from MPB&W, Ms plan, visited 29 March 1967.
The site was Scheduled in 1968.
At NH 9750 2701 at the base of a gentle SW slope, where it meets marshy haughland, in what is locally known as "the Field of the Horse", are the two concentric banks of earth and stone as planned by the MPB&W. Their purpose cannot be ascertained. The outer bank, 3.0m wide and 0.5m high, forms a circle c10.0m in diameter crest to crest, the SW arc being mutilated, and the NE arc destroyed by the road. The inner bank, 1.8m wide and 0.3m high, forms a circle 3.8m in diameter crest to crest. There is a gap, 0.6m wide, in the lower SW arc. Immediately to the SE is an area of disturbed ground of indeterminate nature. Some 6.0m to the SW is a spring.
Visited by OS (N K B) 21 September 1970.
Following re-assessment in 2019, the site was descheduled by Historic Environment Scotland with effect from 13/01/2020. <1>
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 9747 2709 (80m by 80m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH92NE |
| Civil Parish | DUTHIL AND ROTHIEMURCHUS |
| Geographical Area | BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/15422 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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