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MHG54580 - Buildings and a midden - Dun Ban, Ardnamurchan

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Three buildings and a midden at Dun Ban, Ardnamurchan.

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RCAHMS Canmore description:
A walkover survey was undertaken, 26 April–3 May 2008 on land to the N of Allt Sanna, eastwards to the depopulated township of Plocaig and then further E taking in a c100m broad coastal strip as far as Eigin –aig. The work is part of the project described under Bourblaige, parish of Ardnamurchan. Anne Bankier was accompanied on survey by Stephen Digney, Oliver O’Grady, and Alice E Blackwell.

NM 44841 70060 (centred) – Three structures and midden.

Report: Highland SMR and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and the Caledonian Research Foundation Scholarship
Anne Bankier – University of Glasgow <1>

A group of three buildings roughly aligned E/W tucked under a steep cliff, with a bank running along the front of them and the land falling away so they look south across marshland towards Sanna. It seems likely that these were a farmstead, perhaps consisting of house, byre and animal enclosure. One, possibly two, of the buildings appear on the 1st edition OS Map and so date to, at latest, 1872. <2>

The site was visited and photographed by Jon Haylett on the 18th of November 2013. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NM 4480 7006 (80m by 15m) (4 map features)
Map sheet	NM47SW
Civil Parish	ARDNAMURCHAN
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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