MHG53498 - Circular enclosure or sheepfold, Rogie Burn

Summary

The remains of a circular enclosure or sheepfold.

Type and Period (2)

CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
(Alternate Type) SHEEP FOLD (19th Century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)

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None recorded

Full Description

In the same rough ground as 13 and just to the south of it, a curving bank of turf and stone makes a semicircular arc, the NE part of an enclosure, 19m in diameter. The remainder of the structure may have been swept away by the small burn which curves round to the SW and appears to follow the line of the circle. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG24685 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Marshall, M.. 2010. The Report of a Project to Identify, Survey and Record Archaeological Remains at Rogie, Ross-shire: February 2008 - May 2009. North of Scotland Archaeological Society. Digital. Feature 14.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 44288 59713 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH45NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	FODDERTY

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Related Investigations/Events (1)

Survey of township remains at Rogie, near Contin, Ross-shire (EHG3197)

External Links (1)

https://canmore.org.uk/site/317433/rogie-burn (Link to online HES Canmore record)

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