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MHG57713 - Possible Pen, Inverchoran Wood (Alternative Inverchoran West)

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Possible Pen at Inverchoran Wood (Alternative Inverchoran West)

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Inverchoran Wood Alternative Inverchoran West

Cairns, buildings and enclosures (616 – 623) - centred on NH 2532 5045 were recorded by NOSAS in 2007 as part of the Scotland's Rural Past Project. These sites are situated in the linear strip of ground, which is1.5kms in length, on the south side of the valley floor to the west of Inverchoran. It is mainly grassland and heather and is bounded on the south side by a forest plantation. Aerial photographs of 1947 show that there had been a timber camp at the west end.

621 Possible Pen - at NH 24829 50659 The remains of a small circular stone structure, c1m diameter internally, walls standing to c0.4m high. There is another possibly larger structure built around the small pen which is very wasted and overgrown; it could be a larger pen. <1>

Note; Site not visible on APs so location approximate. (T Blackie 20/2/18)

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Grid reference	Centred NH 2482 5065 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH25SW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	CONTIN

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