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MHG57714 - Enclosure, Inverchoran Wood Alternative Inverchoran West

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Enclosure 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.

622 Enclosure - at NH 24864 50654 A substantial ‘D’ shaped enclosure c12m diam and c12m on the straight side. There is an entrance in the SW corner. Walls constructed of turf and stone, c1m wide where visible and c0.5m high, it is cut into the hill-slope on the upper side. There is possibly a second enclosure of similar size but much more wasted, above the recorded enclosure. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2009 APs <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 2485 5067 (14m by 18m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH25SW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	CONTIN

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